Brass Incense Holder with Plate - Lucky Cat / 真鍮 香立て nov.41 illuminated by natural light

illuminated by natural light

layering cherry bark for sculpted accessories

Crafted with a slightly thicker porcelain body

unchanged in spirit

Brass Incense Holder with Plate - Lucky Cat / 真鍮 香立て nov.41 illuminated by natural lightTakaoka is Japans metal city. For over four hundred years, its foundries have cast everything from temple bells to tea ceremony vessels, and the citys craftspeople have built a quiet, unshakeable reputation for knowing what metal can do. NAGAE has been part of that story since 1954 not as a museum piece, but as a working manufacturer that continues to carry the material forward. What makes NAGAE especially compelling is the way this long metalworking