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Works by Keiko Hata

Urushi Lacquer Artist Holding Nature’s Stillness

Based in Kyoto, Japan

Born in Boston and raised in Kansai, she works in urushi lacquer, translating fleeting landscapes, star-filled skies, and the vastness of the cosmos into layered surfaces. M.F.A. in Urushi Lacquering, Kyoto City University of Arts, 2014.

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Angled view of Keiko Hata's Sengetsu (Threadlike Moon, 2024): a gilded, cratered urushi (Japanese lacquer) hemisphere holding a black lacquer face where a blue raden (mother-of-pearl) galaxy swirls among tiny stars.
Close angled view of Sengetsu by Keiko Hata, the textured gold-leaf rim curving around a black urushi surface where a band of blue raden and iridescent flecks arcs like a galaxy.

Sengetsu — Threadlike Moon

CHF 586.00

Three-quarter view of Keiko Hata's Kiraboshi / Hakugin (Glittering Stars · Silver, 2024): a multi-pointed star with textured silver tin-powder rays surrounding a blue-black urushi (Japanese lacquer) core inlaid with glittering raden (mother-of-pearl).
Angled view of Kiraboshi / Hakugin by Keiko Hata, showing the long pointed rays of the silver star and its starry blue raden center catching the light.

Kiraboshi / Hakugin — Glittering Stars · Silver

CHF 645.00

Top view of Keiko Hata's Amamitsuki (Full Moon of the Heavens, 2024) mounted on a round dark wood panel: a textured gold-leaf urushi (Japanese lacquer) moon set with an oval blue raden (mother-of-pearl) window of stars.
The gilded moon of Amamitsuki by Keiko Hata seen from above, its cratered gold-leaf surface holding an oval blue raden window scattered with starlike flecks.

Amamitsuki — Full Moon of the Heavens

CHF 704.00

Front view of Keiko Hata's Shingetsu (New Moon, 2024): a matte black urushi (Japanese lacquer) sphere with a cratered surface, opened by a small oval window of blue raden (mother-of-pearl) stars.
Angled view of Shingetsu by Keiko Hata, the dark cratered lacquer sphere turned so its blue raden window catches the light near the top.

Shingetsu — New Moon

CHF 526.00

Kintsugi lidded tea cup in Kyoto ware: urushi and 24K gold seams cross the blue shonzui panels and sansui band, the intact gilt lid in place, front view.
Kintsugi tea cup interior where gold urushi seams descend the deep white wall and converge near the center of the bowl.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Lidded Tea Cup | Across the Sansui

CHF 747.00

Kyoto ware earthenware sake carafe in ochre Oribe-green crackle glaze, looped handle and long spout, a plum blossom restored at the spout tip in 24K gold with a silver heart, front view.
Side close-up of the plum-blossom restoration at the spout of a Kyoto ware sake carafe, colored urushi petals, 24K gold outline and silver heart over the chipped tip.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Sake Carafe | Silver-Hearted Plum

CHF 492.00

Front view of an Arita ware sake cup in white porcelain, cobalt-blue sometsuke bands and a floral roundel, with 24K gold kintsugi seams crossing the rounded body.
Side view of a footed Arita ware sake cup in white porcelain, its 24K gold kintsugi seams crossing cobalt-blue patterned bands around the body.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Sake Cup | Linked in Cobalt

CHF 637.00

A Kyoto ware sake cup, where 24k gold Kintsugi and a textured Kawari-nuri Seigaiha wave pattern exist in quiet harmony.
A macro view of the Seigaiha pattern, its layered Kawari-nuri texture a meditation on the rhythm of ocean waves and endless fortune.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Sake Cup | Seigaiha Motif

CHF 509.00

A front view of a Ko-Imari ware bowl, where lines of 24k gold and iridescent Raden inlay create a celestial dialogue on the porcelain canvas.
lose-up of a Ko-Imari ware kintsugi bowl showing raden (mother-of-pearl inlay) set within deep urushi lacquer, bordered by 24K gold kintsugi seams. The iridescent shell fragments catch light against the dark lacquer surface, alongside hand-painted blue and white porcelain. Restored by The Kintsugi Labo JAPAN.

24K Gold Kintsugi & Raden Ko-Imari Ware Bowl | Celestial Fragments

CHF 628.00

Union of Skies, Japanese urushi lacquer art object by Keiko Hata: a glossy black dome with blue and white cloud-like patterns set in a pale textured ring, front angle. Collected.
Top view of Union of Skies by Keiko Hata, showing the oval lacquer dome encircled by a gilded band, like a planet within a ring.

Washūgō no Sora — Union of Skies

CHF 764.00

Mino ware bowl restored by kintsugi with urushi and 24K gold, starry night-blue kamahen glaze and green rim, shown with the collected badge. Collected.
Kintsugi bowl interior where three branches of the urushi and 24K gold seam meet in a small loop on the starry night-blue glaze, close-up view.

24K Gold Kintsugi Mino Ware Bowl | Comet in the Night Sea

CHF 628.00

Kintsugi tea cup in Kyoto ware covered in sometsuke cherry blossoms, restored with natural urushi and 24K gold, front view. Collected.
Kintsugi tea cup side view: two urushi and 24K gold lines descend the cherry-blossom wall from the iron-brown rim.

24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Tea Cup | A Branching Spring

CHF 781.00

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