Cohana Marking Pins with Flowers
€11,95
Cohana Marking Pins with Flowers
€11,95
Flower marking pins colored gold, silver and bronze, each made from original molds produced by artisans and is a beautiful set of 3 pins – one in each colour.
The metal parts are produced by cutting out a mold from wax, then taking a rubber cast from it.
Lighter than the brass casts that used to be commonplace, and able to produce more intricate expressions, this method was also used for things like the buttons on knit cardigans and, since the middle of 1900’s, has decorated the clothes of working people.
Osaka’s Ikuno Ward is near a district of clothing wholesalers, and contains many small neighborhood workshops producing buttons and accessories. Craft Company has used rubber casting since its founding in 1963, and with the refined knowledge and technique of its artisans, it has become able to deal with orders even for complex shapes.
Delicate craftsmanship shines through these tiny flowers, just 7mm in diameter. The pins are made in Hiroshima prefecture and glide smoothly through fabric.
Diminsions
Length: 37mm
motif length: 7mm
motif width: 7mm
motif thickness: 3mm
Thickness: 0.5mm
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These pins are part of Cross & Woods collection of Cohana
Cohana brand is high quality handmade tools made by the selective use of regional products and the best craftsmanship. All items are made and sourced in Japan.
The brand name ‘Cohana’ is derived from the goddess Konohanasakuya-hime from Japanese mythology.
Konohanasakuya-hime is beautiful like the blooming of cherry tree blossoms, and worshipped as a goddess of Mt. Fuji, the symbol of Japan, and symbolises prosperity.
Cohana uses traditional Japanese colors that reflect the changing of the seasons ;
The bright yellow color of daffodils. It is called ‘daffodil yellow’ in English, and ‘jonquille’ in French. It is said that the daffodil got its Japanese name (‘suisen’, literally meaning water sage) because its appearance of purity is like that of a sage.
The color of roses. In Japan, happy thoughts about good events are expressed as ‘a rose-colored future.’
A blue color with a hint of green. This pale indigo dye has a green hue, and is often called ‘mizuasagi’.
The color of Asiatic dayflowers. The water taken up by the flower is called ‘aobana’, which we have used to draw rough sketches for dyeing. In the old days, Japanese people used to call this ‘tsukikusa’, and used it to dye clothing.
A bright grey with a hint of blue. The English equivalent is ‘sky gray’. The name of the color comes from the kimonos that fashionable young people of Kiba, Edo Fukagawa, and geishas started to wear during the Edo period. A chic color of the unique Japanese aesthetic quality, ‘iki’.
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