／suw　A straw of urushi and wood

/suw (Straw × Urushi × Wood) “It's great to keep using it.” Currently, in response to the microplastic problem, the movement to adopt wooden straws is progressing. However, durability is difficult, and the current situation is that there are many disposable cases. In order not to waste this wonderful effort and make it a more continuous movement, we used scraps of local Kyoto cedar logs produced at logging sites and sawmills, and created lacquer and wooden straws “/suw,” which enhance water resistance and functionality with lacquer, and can continue to be used with care.

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■Tsutsumi Takuya, managing director of Tsutsumi Asayoshi Lacquer.
This is the fourth generation lacquer refiner that has continued since the Meiji era. Feeling a sense of distance between lacquer and people's lives, and a sense of crisis about the decline in lacquer production, they began “Urushi no Ippo” as an effort to connect a lifestyle with lacquer to the next generation of children. Perspective was established in June 2019, assuming that the sustainable natural material “lacquer,” which has been used in the Japanese climate since 10,000 years ago, should be passed on to the next era.

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■Yoshida Mari is the representative of Yoshida Woodworking.
Born in 1976 in Kyoto. Graduated from Nagano Prefecture Agematsu Technical College, Department of Woodworking.
After leaving the apparel company in 2001, he learned woodworking in Nagano Prefecture and became independent in his hometown Kyoto in 2003.
From the viewpoint of local production for local consumption, they produce original furniture and woodwork using local timber, and handle welfare facilities, school-related furniture, etc.

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