Soetsu Yanagi

'The Beauty of Everyday Things'

Bog | Engelsk

"Radical and inspiring ... Yanagi's vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial" - Edmund de Waal The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settin

'The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty'

Bog | Engelsk

This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japane