Yagi Takahiro (Kaikado)
- EXHIBITION
- EVENT
01/3
The store Kaikado has been selling handcrafted tea caddies since it was established in Kyoto in 1875. The shop has been supported by members of the tea, design, and interior decoration industry throughout its long history, with its products attracting loyal fans at home and abroad. Kaikado employees continue to make tea caddies by hand using the same techniques as when the store was founded. If the tea caddies are dented or warped, the shop repairs them so they can continue to be used. A recent Kaikado initiative has been to restore metal items, like old oil and tomato cans, using the shop’s traditional techniques. The objective is to create new value by continuing to use things that would otherwise be discarded, like canned goods purchased when traveling or sheet copper received from an acquaintance. Locoloco Higashi will feature these recreated cans in an exhibition and participate in a store collaboration.