Few lines. Plenty of space.
KANJI, back where its name began.
Kanji are characters that carry a whole meaning in just a few strokes. The table was made on this principle: reduced, precise, calm. In Japan it stood where this attitude is at home.
A ryokan. Sliding doors of paper, tatami on the floor, a window onto green. KANJI fits in as if it had always stood there.
View KANJINo staging. A teapot, two bowls, time. The brass takes on the warmth of the room.
Ryokan · Tea ceremony
Up close, the form steps back. What remains is line, surface and a metal that develops character over the years.
On the last morning, Fuji without a cloud. No piece in the picture. Some moments belong to the place alone.
KANJI is back in Nürtingen. Unchanged on the outside. Yet every journey writes itself into the metal.
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