Metallic Frikartii Aster
Japandi wall art in the Japan Collection includes one glaze that reads as different from all the others — the metallic finish that references the Japanese tradition of lacquerware, of precious metal leaf application in urushi lacquer, of the specific reflective quality that Japanese craftsmen have been producing in decorative objects for centuries. The Metallic Frikartii Aster is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the Japan Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a metallic glaze, shaped in the Frikartii aster form — the medium-sized, long-season aster cultivar whose standard version also appears in the Japan Collection in seasonal blue.
The lacquerware reference in a collection built on Japanese craft tradition
Chive designed the Japan Collection in 2020 around the Japanese aesthetic palette, and the metallic glaze is the collection's reference to the Japanese lacquerware tradition — the urushi lacquer with gold or silver leaf that has been one of Japan's most valued craft traditions for over a thousand years. A metallic ceramic aster on a wall references this tradition in a contemporary, approachable way: not the full weight of urushi lacquerware, but the quality of surface that Japanese craft tradition has always understood as valuable. The Indianapolis Museum of Art carries the Japan Collection.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art carries the Japan Collection. The Detroit Institute of Arts stocks it. The Andy Warhol Museum carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Art museums that maintain Japanese art collections have independently decided this collection belongs in their gift shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.
A gift for the person who wants the Japan Collection's craft tradition reference
The Metallic Frikartii Aster ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Indianapolis Museum of Art carries it. The person who wants the Japan Collection's reference to Japanese lacquerware tradition receives the metallic aster from the same collection an art institution chose to carry.
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Japandi wall art in the Japan Collection includes one glaze that reads as different from all the others — the metallic finish that references the Japanese tradition of lacquerware, of precious metal leaf application in urushi lacquer, of the specific reflective quality that Japanese craftsmen have been producing in decorative objects for centuries. The Metallic Frikartii Aster is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the Japan Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a metallic glaze, shaped in the Frikartii aster form — the medium-sized, long-season aster cultivar whose standard version also appears in the Japan Collection in seasonal blue.
The lacquerware reference in a collection built on Japanese craft tradition
Chive designed the Japan Collection in 2020 around the Japanese aesthetic palette, and the metallic glaze is the collection's reference to the Japanese lacquerware tradition — the urushi lacquer with gold or silver leaf that has been one of Japan's most valued craft traditions for over a thousand years. A metallic ceramic aster on a wall references this tradition in a contemporary, approachable way: not the full weight of urushi lacquerware, but the quality of surface that Japanese craft tradition has always understood as valuable. The Indianapolis Museum of Art carries the Japan Collection.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art carries the Japan Collection. The Detroit Institute of Arts stocks it. The Andy Warhol Museum carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Art museums that maintain Japanese art collections have independently decided this collection belongs in their gift shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.
A gift for the person who wants the Japan Collection's craft tradition reference
The Metallic Frikartii Aster ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Indianapolis Museum of Art carries it. The person who wants the Japan Collection's reference to Japanese lacquerware tradition receives the metallic aster from the same collection an art institution chose to carry.
