Linked Oval Structure URUSHI art work

These works are all made of hemp fiber and Japanese natural lacquer called "URUSHI" in Japanese. Besides being a painting material, URUSHI is a form-making material. While advantage of natural materials that could replace the fossil-origin item is freshly observed, the diverse character of the material has been revaluated in recent years therefore gathering URUSHI and its production are being reopened in Japan.
The method called KANSHITSU is a way of making forms by using composite material that consists of natural fiber such as hemp for the structure and URUSHI as a resin. This method has same principle as FRP (Fiber-Reinforced Plastic) and Japanese people were hundred of years ahead of their time in the way they worked on KANSHITSU before the invention of FRP in the twentieth century. Also meaning as a recycling natural material is expected.