WAJIMA, Japan >> A project to find new owners for recovered Wajima lacquerware is underway in areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1. A volunteer organization in Noto, Ishikawa ...

Using resin sourced from grasses, trees and other non-edible plants, Japanese technology giant NEC Corp. has developed a bioplastic that features the famous "urushi black" hue of the country's ...

The ancient craft of urushi, or Japanese lacquerware, is one of Asia’s oldest artistic traditions. Evidence for the use of lacquer – a tree sap used to coat and decorate objects like boxes, bowls and ...

The Wajima Lacquerware Youth Association has announced a new exhibition showcase for its plate art inspired by Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV. The group will showcase the FFXIV lacquerware at the ...

The traditions of Japanese lacquerware are said to stretch back millennia, and it’s widely recognized as one of the country’s representative art forms. By comparison, the Pokémon franchise has a much ...

One of my favorite forms of traditional Korean art is najeonchilgi (lacquerware). Along with other Honorary Reporters, I was invited to a lacquerware craft experience at the National Museum of Korea ...

In objects both refined and functional, red and black emerge not as mere colors, but as a visual language — one that once ...

Pokémon will be celebrating its 30th anniversary next year. That’s an impressive milestone for an entertainment franchise, but their partner in their newest creative endeavor also knows a thing or two ...

In a gray-tiled house along Liyang Old Street in Huangshan city, East China's Anhui province, sits an extraordinary studio. It is the workshop of Gan Erke, a master of Chinese lacquerware and ...

In the older lanes of Varanasi, wooden lacquerware and toys appear in spaces where daily life, ritual, and tradition intersect. A brightly lacquered toy in a household, a handcrafted wooden piece used ...