This is Soejima Glassware
Since 1903, the Soejima kiln creates beautiful traditional art glassware through the 'Jappan' blowing technique, as well as modern-style craft products through the 'Chuu' blowing technique, shaping the glass mid-air without using molds.
They combine tradition with the pursuit of carrying old glassmaking techniques into future generations, creating new designs and brining colors to the world of glass.
Round Rainbow Glass
Rocks Rainbow Glass
Beer Rainbow Glass
A handcrafted, 8cm (3 inches) high unique round-shaped glass with a rainbow pattern at the bottom that reflects beautifully.
A handcrafted, 9cm (3.5 inches) high unique whiskey glass with a rainbow pattern at the bottom that reflects beautifully.
A handcrafted, 12.5cm (5 inches) high unique beer glass with a rainbow pattern at the bottom that reflects beautifully.
- ・Do NOT wash in dishwasher, handwash only
- ・Do NOT heat up in microwave, cooktops or any other hot surfaces
- ・FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INCLUDED
NEW
COBALT GREEN WAVY GLASS
NEW
Rainbow Water Glass
A handcrafted, unique round-shaped glass with a twist at the bottom that reflects beautifully. (Size: 9.5cm height X 8cm diameter)
Each glass is uniquely crafted, thus there are small differences in shape and color.
- ・Do NOT wash in dishwasher, hand-wash only
- ・Do NOT heat up in microwave, cooktops or any other hot surfaces
- ・A removable sticker with the name of the workshop is attached to the glass
- ・FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INCLUDED
A handcrafted, unique glass with a rainbow pattern at the bottom that reflects beautifully. (Size: 9cm height X 7cm diameter)
Each glass is uniquely crafted, thus there are small differences in shape and color.
- ・Do NOT wash in dishwasher, hand-wash only
- ・Do NOT heat up in microwave, cooktops or any other hot surfaces
- ・A removable sticker with the name of the workshop is attached to the glass
- ・FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INCLUDED
The Tradition of
Hand Blown Glass
Using the traditional method of hand blowing glass, the craftsman handles molten glass with metal tools and shapes it into a hollow form. After this, he blows air through a long glass tube into the still soft glass, and with that creates its size and shape. This requires considerable expertise and is sadly a declining skill. Glass craftsmen have to show profound artisanal feeling and knowledge of glass, as well as manual dexterity and considerable nerves.
Because of this, and waves of mechanization and automation, not only the very special 'Jappan' blowing technique, using two long thin tubes to mold glass mid-air, but all glass blowing techniques altogether have been in decline.The Soejima Glassware kiln sees the immense value in this tradition, and keeps working in preserving it for future generations.