簡素
The Minimalist Collection

Kanso.
What remains
when nothing is missing.

Objects reduced to their quietest possible form. No ornament. No noise. Only proportion, shadow, and the space between things.

Walk slowly
The Intention

This collection began with a question: how much can be removed before an object stops being itself? Each piece is the answer found after dozens of subtractions — a vessel pared to a single sweeping curve, a tray that is mostly emptiness, an incense holder that is barely there at all.

Mood — Silence · Paper · Morning Light
Soft north light
Washi #E9E5DD
Ma — negative space
A single horizon
River stone
The Process — Subtraction as Method

Every piece here was designed by taking away.

01 — Sketch

Pencil & tracing paper

Forty silhouettes drawn over each other until one curve survived every overlay.

02 — CAD

Parametric reduction

Every dimension is a parameter. The model was tuned numerically — radius by radius — in Fusion 360.

03 — Prototype

Seven generations

Draft prints on the workhorse machine; each generation thinner, lighter, quieter than the last.

04 — Finish

Hand & patience

Wet-sanded at 400 then 800 grit. Inspected in raking light, where nothing can hide.

The Failures, Kept

Between the first sketch and the final vessel there were misprints, collapsed overhangs, and proportions that simply felt wrong in the hand.

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discarded iterations — each one necessary
Mockups H 1 2 3 4 P C Q