nendo moulds bi-color washi lamp using 3D papermaking technique
all photos by akihiro yoshido
nendo has designed a follow-up to his ‘semi-wrinkle washi lamp‘ for japanese paper company taniguchi aoya washi, with ‘bi-color washi’. a 3D paper molding technique signature to the tottori prefecture manufacturer’s production (it is the only domestic producer of three-dimensional washi), has been employed by nendo to create the lighting collection. the process follows the same methods used to produce flat sheets and involves passing fine screens through baths of mulberry paper and water to collect the pulp. once drained, the residue is left to dry and then peeled away as a seamless, three-dimensional form — contrary to the belief that one might think that the sheets of washi are actually pasted together to render the shapes.