{"product_id":"chikaraishi","title":"Chikaraishi","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.04em; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.85); margin: 0 0 8px;\"\u003eChikaraishi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin: 0 0 32px;\"\u003eKiriko cut glass · Tokyo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eKiriko is a form of cut glass developed in Edo-period Japan, in which patterns are ground and polished into the surface by hand. The technique demands precision at every stage: the angle of the cut, the depth, the sequence — each decision affects how light moves through the finished piece. Noriko Chikaraishi came to Kiriko not through a craft lineage but through a moment of encounter. \"I couldn't believe something this beautiful could be made by human hands.\" Her earlier career as a designer left her with a refined sense of color and layered gradation — qualities that now define her work and set it apart within the tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eHer pieces carry traditional auspicious patterns — kiku-tsunagi, hakkaku-kagome — alongside cuts of her own invention: fluid, motion-based forms that read differently depending on the angle of light and the turn of the hand. The layered colors shift as the glass moves. This quality — color that behaves rather than simply appears — is central to what makes her work worth returning to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.55); font-style: italic; display: block; padding: 16px 0 16px 20px; border-left: 2px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.15); margin: 0 0 24px;\"\u003e\"Kiriko glass is the culmination of techniques passed down through generations. Encountering such handcrafted beauty amid a busy daily life brings a sense of cultural richness and calm — a quiet, unhurried moment in the middle of everything.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin-top: 12px; display: block;\"\u003e— Noriko Chikaraishi, artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Emotion International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40734468309121,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/3573\/7729\/files\/IMG_1468-1.jpg?v=1778663372","url":"https:\/\/byemotion-intl.com\/products\/chikaraishi","provider":"By Emotion International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}