Japan Meets Canada With Fabulous Results
By Christa TerryMy own personal experience with Japanese furniture is limited to rice paper lanterns and Shoji screens, which is a shame considering how beautiful this hardwood furniture conceived of by Kozai Designs of Canada is. Their pieces offer up a modern take on traditional Japanese aesthetics and woodworking techniques, so don’t go looking for tansu chests, as interesting and wonderful as they are.
To paraphrase Kozai, solid hardwoods are turned into modern, minimalist furniture by rural Japanese artisans who appreciate the individual characteristics and personality of each piece of wood they manipulate. In most cases, the furniture is custom built-to-order, with a broad range of sizes and a variety of woods from which to choose.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 am
That table! I am in loooooove…..
April 30th, 2009 at 10:20 am
It makes me kind of sad that I sold my little wood slice table, La Petite Acadienne. It wasn’t nearly as nice as that, of course, but it had it’s own natural charm.