{"id":10178,"date":"2020-12-15T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2020\/12\/15\/curators-of-clay-collaborates-with-hakuei-kosato-to-release-limited-edition-japanese-kiribako-sushi-serving-stoneware-sets\/"},"modified":"2020-12-15T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:50:00","slug":"curators-of-clay-collaborates-with-hakuei-kosato-to-release-limited-edition-japanese-kiribako-sushi-serving-stoneware-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2020\/12\/15\/curators-of-clay-collaborates-with-hakuei-kosato-to-release-limited-edition-japanese-kiribako-sushi-serving-stoneware-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Curators of Clay collaborates with Hakuei Kosato to release limited-edition Japanese Kiribako Sushi serving stoneware sets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n                            <!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadline\">\n                               Limited-edition sushi serving sets only available in India, Singapore and London showcases the rich cultural heritage of Japan and India                            <\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 15 December<br \/>\n2020 &#8211;<b><i> <\/i>Curators of Clay,<\/b> a pottery atelier in Pune, India, helmed by<br \/>\nceramicists <b>Bhairavi Naik &amp; Rohit<br \/>\nKulkarni<\/b>, has collaborated with Singapore-based Japanese entrepreneur and<br \/>\nowner of India&#8217;s largest sushi chain <b>Sushi<br \/>\nand More<\/b>, <b>Hakuei Kosato <\/b>(affectionately<br \/>\nknown as<b> Harry-san<\/b>). This<br \/>\ncollaboration resulted in a unique limited-edition collection of exquisitely <b>handcrafted sushi serving stoneware sets<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Only one hundred<br \/>\npieces of these exclusive sushi serving sets will be available for sale. Each<br \/>\nset is crafted under Harry-san&#8217;s creative direction. Each box is numbered,<br \/>\nmaking them collectors&#8217; items. These exquisite boxes are also carefully made,<br \/>\ncrafted using methods that are under the auspices of near-century old<br \/>\ntraditional box maker Yoshida from Yamagata<br \/>\nPrefecture.<\/p>\n<p>Each sushi<br \/>\nserving set tells a story of fantastic craftsmanship and amalgamation of<br \/>\nHarry-san&#8217;s expertise in Japanese cuisine along with Bhairavi &amp; Rohit-san&#8217;s<br \/>\nsignature finishes that are all<br \/>\nhand-crafted in the studio. Each individual item in this set of five is fired and glazed in a<br \/>\ncombination of the ceramicists&#8217; signature styles for this particular<br \/>\ncollection.<\/p>\n<p>Careful<br \/>\ncraftsmanship for each plate crafted at Curators of Clay ensures that every<br \/>\nsingle piece is emblazoned in detail&#8211;making each set a journey of restrained<br \/>\nbeauty and storytelling. For example, the chopstick holder is an ode to the<br \/>\nsilhouette of the Sahyadri range of mountains &#8211; a range in the area of India<br \/>\nwhere both Bhairavi &amp; Rohit-san grew up. Incidentally, this particular<br \/>\nrange is older than the Himalayas and one of the most unique biodiversity<br \/>\nhotspots of the world.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Passionate Sculptors Behind The Scenes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bhairavi Naik<br \/>\n&amp; Rohit Kulkarni, the founders of Curators of Clay, describe their work as<br \/>\n&#8216;a pursuit of beauty, peace and happiness, with clay being their medium of<br \/>\nchoice&#8217;. Since 2014, they have worked steadily to craft world class handmade<br \/>\nceramics, building a loyal patronage of premier chefs &amp; private patrons<br \/>\nalike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harry-san first<br \/>\ngot to know Rohit-san in Kyoto through a common friend. Upon his visit to Curators of Clay, he was<br \/>\nimmediately drawn to the passion and craftsmanship of the team, which reminded<br \/>\nhim of the pottery ateliers back in Japan, where ceramicists toiled to bring<br \/>\nbeauty to the table by working only with their hands and souls, leaving the<br \/>\nrest to the kilns as each unique item was fired.<\/p>\n<p>The positive<br \/>\nenergy, youthful spirit, and the beautiful art objects created by the duo spurred<br \/>\nHarry-san to ask for this unique partnership in ceramics between two countries,<br \/>\nJapan and India.<\/p>\n<p>This marked the<br \/>\nbeginning of what Curators of Clay always wanted to do &#8211; fuse their<br \/>\ncontemporary Indian upbringing with their fascination for Japanese aesthetics,<br \/>\nemploying their craft and skill to create culturally rich and functional<br \/>\nceramics that would be coveted as &#8216;objects of desire&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><b>KIRIBAKO Boxes, the epitome of Japanese tradition<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Box makers<br \/>\nYoshida of Yamagata Prefecture Japan are a near century-old small crafts<br \/>\nbusiness. Yoshida is currently helmed by third-generation current master <b>Mr<br \/>\nNagayoshi Yoshida,<\/b> who creates hand-made special Kiri Boxes<b> <\/b>(known as <b><i>KIRIBAKO<\/i><\/b>). Used for<br \/>\nhundreds of years, each KIRIBAKO<i> <\/i>is<br \/>\nproduced from the highest-grade Paulownia wood in an elaborate process that<br \/>\ntakes days to make. In 2019, Yoshida won the coveted Undiscovered Gems<br \/>\nof Japan Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Yoshida hopes<br \/>\nthat the KIRIBAKO will be used by many overseas. He hopes that his specialty<br \/>\nhand-crafted boxes will add delight to the contents of the box. In this case,<br \/>\nthe best KIRIBAKO will be housing the stoneware of the highest-grade made by<br \/>\nCurators of Clay in India.<\/p>\n<p>In a nod to history, where important<br \/>\nthings were hand-delivered to guarantee it arrives safely, each of these<br \/>\nKIRIBAKO boxes used for these sushi serving stoneware sets will be personally<br \/>\nhand-carried by Harry-san himself to India and beyond on the legendary Japanese<br \/>\nairline All Nippon Airways known for its hospitality, that Harry-san loves.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/View\/58338#Contact\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limited-edition sushi serving sets only available in India, Singapore and London showcases the rich cultural heritage of Japan and India SINGAPORE\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 15 December 2020 &#8211; Curators of Clay, a pottery atelier in Pune, India, helmed by ceramicists Bhairavi Naik &amp; Rohit Kulkarni, has collaborated with Singapore-based Japanese entrepreneur and owner of India&#8217;s largest sushi &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}