Urushi is not alone cars and Diana Thater

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historical references

Takuro Kuwata

Thanks to an online microsite

Punctuating the main project entries are proposals and unrealised works

Urushi is not alone cars and Diana ThaterFind more of Max Lamb here. The oldest urushi object is about 9,000 years old and was found in Hokkaido, Japan. Fast forward to the 21st Century and you will find Max Lamb travelling, on numerous occasions since 2013, to Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture, moreJapan to work with the craft of urushi lacquer. Max Lamb is a designer with a mission: give him an existing tool, or an existing material, or indeed both, and he will single handedly transform it