News of summer - shunshun, Kyara, Zuko
shunshun
Solo exhibition in Romainmôtier
Im' very delighted to announce you that the drawing artist, shunshun, who’s work I’ve been introducing over years, had a great opportunity at art institute, AlmaM, in Romainmôtier as artist-in-residence and exhibit his work this summer.
He is living in Romainmôtier at the moment, creating his drawings for this exhibition. His newest work will be full of inspirations he’s receiving from the sacred nature and scenery of Switzerland!
shunshun and I reunited on the next day after his landing in Zurich and spent a whole afternoon together, taking a walk, having lunch, and visiting my shop. We made an unforgettable exchange about his work, our life, peace, and universe.
Please take this opportunity to see his drawing in life and absorb his world.
The vernisage is going to take place on 6th July starting from 14 O’clock, which is open to everyone and he is on-site this day. His work will be exhibited until 5th October.
For more information about the venue, please have a look at AlmaM.
Looking forward to seeing you in Romainmôtier!
&INCENSE
I'd like to introduce a new incense brand, &INCENSE, founded by Kunjudo, who is the one of the oldest incense companies in Japan.
&INCENSE was inspired by the Japanese incense ceremony, Kōdō.
In Kōdō, the scent is listened using full senses of body and mind. &INCENSE opens a door to the experience as close as possible as in Kōdō, but in a simpler way.
In Kōdō a piece of fragrance wood must be heated with a charcoal in the ash which is for the most of us too complicated, whereas &INCENSE offers fine incense sticks that requires no special equipments - nevertheless the scent experience is almost as tranquil as in Kōdō.
The incense sticks of &INCENSE are made of the finest materials. The blend has been meticulously refined to bring out each element.
The collection of &INCENSE consists of 3 woods, 2 resins, and 4 herbs:
Wood - Kyara, Jinkoh, and Sandalwood
Resin - Benzoin, Borneol
Herb - Patchouli, Star-anis, Clove, and Cinnamon.
&INCENSE is crafted exceptionally thin to bring out the purest aroma in order to fully experience the fragrance of raw materials. You can mix different kinds of fragrance as you like: for example, lit two or three different scent at once together to enjoy the harmony of mixture, or same incense sticks together to experience the intensity of single fragrance.
The brass incense censer and stand with three holes are available separately, that are exclusively made for &INCENSE
Zuko
This new perfume of Di Ser is inspired by the recipe of Zuko, which was made by the Buddhist monk, Kobo Daishi Kukai 1200 years ago. Zuko is the scented powder which monks applies before their ascetic practice on their skin to remove impurities from their body and mind.
By using a plenty of herbal medicinal ingredients such as turmeric, clove, camphor, and precious agar-wood, Zuko is believed to have been used also as medicine.
1200 years after Kobo Daishi Kukai created his original sacred scent, Zuko, it's evolved as a form of perfume achieved by the modern science and technology of Di Ser.
Ingredients: Turmeric, Cinnamon leaf, Camphor, Hinoki wood, Clove bud, Red-pine wood, Todo-pine, Agarwood CO2, Vetiver, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Benzoin
Type: Citrus and Woody
Top: fresh, clear-citrus
Heart: sharp, camphor-like
Base: woody, earthy
All perfumes of DI SER are made of botanical essence, vegetal cellular water, and plant-based alcohol only.
Made in Sapporo
Summer wear
Finally summer.
This year, there are a bit more variety in size, for those who's given up this hat because of the size past years. Hope you will find the one which fits you this summer.
Lastly please be informed that I'm going to take early summer holiday from 20. Juni to 5. July. During this period, the shop is closed and also there is no delivery from the online store.
I thank you for your understanding about this notice. I wish you all a beautiful beginning of summer.
All the best!
Ena