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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 582.00

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 641.00

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 700.00

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 523.00

Kintsugi plate in abalone-shaped Ko-Imari porcelain, rejoined with natural urushi, one 24K gold seam crossing the sometsuke mountains to the rim, front view.
Kintsugi plate underside in Ko-Imari porcelain, rejoined with natural urushi, five 24K gold lines meeting at one point beside a blue cloud medallion, back view.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Plate | A River Over Peaks

CHF 827.00

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 489.00

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 633.00

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 506.00

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 624.00

Kintsugi sake cup in fluted Ko-Imari porcelain with blue columns, rejoined with natural urushi, 24K gold seams meeting low on the wall. Collected.
Kintsugi sake cup in Ko-Imari porcelain, rejoined with natural urushi, 24K gold seams crossing the white well and forking near the center, interior view.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Sake Cup | A Chorus of Arches

CHF 734.00

Kintsugi sake cup in Ko-Imari porcelain with a checkered blue pattern, rejoined with natural urushi, one 24K gold seam running from rim to foot. Collected.
Kintsugi sake cup in Ko-Imari porcelain, rejoined with natural urushi, the 24K gold seam parting and meeting again beside the mikomi motif, interior close-up.

24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Sake Cup | The Checkered Path

CHF 692.00

Kintsugi matcha bowl, oil-spot black Arita ware, rejoined with natural urushi, branching 24K gold seam at the rim, front view. Collected.
Kintsugi matcha bowl interior in oil-spot black Arita ware, rejoined with natural urushi, branching 24K gold seams running down to the well, close-up.

24K Gold Kintsugi Arita Matcha Bowl | Branches in the Haze

CHF 1,518.00

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