I designed it so that it intersects with each other in the image of Kobigusa and willow.
The official name of the cat jarashi is Kobigusa.
The Western name seems to be called green foxtail.
It is said that it got its name because it resembles the tail of a dog.
Although the official name is named after a dog, it is interesting that the popular name is derived from a cat.
Yanagi came out at the same time as I was thinking about design, when I was told by the master of my favorite bar about the existence of a sake called "Yanagi Kage".
In the Edo period, mirin was a sweet alcohol and was traded as a high-class drink.
Therefore, I drank a sake called "Yanagiin" mixed with cheap shochu.
The willow part is intentionally included with a fairly deep cut.
As a result, you can feel the edge of the kiriko with your fingers and experience the overwhelming goodness of the touch.
In addition, the mouthpiece is rubbed in a semicircular shape so that it is slightly inclined inward.
I tried rubbing the mouth for about 10 patterns, but decided that the semicircular shape would be the most palatable.
I would like you to drink just water first, but I think that you can feel the taste of just water more than usual.
In the initial concept, I was thinking of designing the image of squeezing mirin containing glucose to extract the willow shade, and the design of taking the seeds of cat jars and threshing them for food.
However, I felt that it would be a miscellaneous design, so in order to attract the beauty of cats and willows, I cut the intersecting center along those lines and applied erasing (frosted glass).
As a result, I feel that the design has been neatly organized, and that I have been able to add the goodness and beauty of the product that cannot be expressed simply by polishing.
When you look into it from above, it has such beauty as a flower lover and a ripple of water.
A traditional cut called Kikukagome is applied between the cat jarashi and the willow.
The difficulty of cutting is very high and it takes a lot of work time, but since the part that becomes transparent after cutting and the part where the color remains is well-balanced, I actively adopted it for this design.
Personally, I'm pretty happy that I did a good job with a masterpiece.
I would be grateful if you could try this work, which is full of craftsmanship.
We would appreciate it if you could consider it for yourself, as a gift, or to improve the brand image of the store.
The Kiriko of our workshop is polished using the traditional method of Edo Kiriko, "hand polishing", which maintains the strength of the glass and finishes it with high quality.
On the other hand, there are some things in the world that polish the glass while immersing it in an acid called "acid polishing" and melting the entire glass into pieces.
Acid-polished ones have the disadvantages of being easily scratched and the color may fade, but since the man-hours can be reduced and the price can be sold at a low price, sales will improve, so many workshops and writers perform acid-polishing. We are here.
Since the cut surface of our workshop is polished one by one, the original strength of the glass is not lost, and you can wash it with a detergent or scrubbing brush.
Please note that boiling water, microwave ovens and dishwashers cannot be used like any other glassware.
The handling method is explained in detail on the homepage of the workshop.