have you bought Xmas gifts?

give small jewelry boxes for someone special!

name/date can be engraved on the box, too.

Onéa design shop
fredrikinkatu 32Helsinki

food + photos exhibition

young chefs made unique food and those food and ingredients were photographed and shown even more unique way by photographers.

there were those photos and of course, food to taste!! yummy!!

the members from the don Johnson big band also came and performed.

then i found harri koskinen!! and had short talk with him. he let me to show his photos on my blog! thanks!

nice evening.

this is for you

this is for my dear friend.
you may receive it in shortly.

ORIGAMI BOX

went J's studio to use a sand blasting machine.

He said "You used to work for me, you are free to use my studio anytime! welcome!"

how nice of him.

i remember him always as a good boss.

oh, yes, please find those little boxes at Onéa design shop

Onéa design shop

fredrikinkatu 32Helsinki

greenhouse

small greenhouses are now available at Onéa design shop.


Onéa design shop
fredrikinkatu 32Helsinki

new studio

moved into a new studio!

sharing with other friendly artists.

right in the center.

how nice!

a cushion at home

one day, i found a wrapping paper on the floor and there was a cushion on the armchair that i have not seen it before.

V said that he bought the cushion, cos this he designed and found it at the shop.

he sometimes talks bitter about his job. but seems he has fun projects comes and goes.....

lucky him!

food & arts

a few days ago, food & arts collaboration event was held at this gallery in Helsinki.

my dear friend S made some sweets for this event and ther were served on my collection plates.

guests were happy tasting unique food and sweets from "art" plats.

nothing to do with kuma ya but...

it is almost as a joke, but V is a ceramics instructor.
anyway,
he made those salt & pepper shakers.
wow! they look super!

a repaired box

this box came back to me.

this lady bought it from the Onea design shop while ago. then as she dropped it on the floor, it got broken. so now it came back to me to be fixed.

felt so nice that someone want it to be repaired, not just dump into the trash can.

now it got fixed and going back to the lady.

take care!

on the boat

i was on the boat with S (jewelry maker) and M( kids clothes maker/designer).

our sale on the boat went super crazy at the end. S said " i wish i can sell like that every events!"

great to hear.

many thanks for S and M! coming all the way to the boat!!

happy coincidence

it has been a month, since i started to work at this place. i enjoy SO000 much working here.

something to do with design/crafts and something to do with japan! what a great combination !

it was such a miracle coincidence that this company found me.

one shop used my photo on the net without asking me. then my info linked somewhere.... then some reason, this company got know me and contacted me.

that how i end up working here.

looks like inevitably things happened.

testing and tasting

the other day, me and S (a chef) went to N's studio ( a ceramics designer) and got some sample plates for the food ＋ceramics ＋cartoon event.
today, we made a few sample menu and served them with N's plates.

this event would not be held in this year. we have still plenty time to think about the menu.
and i may going to make a few glass/ceramics piece.... ???? this i did not expected but it may be a good challenge to do.
anyway, it is great to work with S. a very inspiring person.

cute~!

i saw those handmade baby shoes already last year at Onéa design shop. i fell in love with. since then, i have always thought that i would purchase then when my friend got a baby!

finally, the time came. H and M they are expecting a new baby coming in may. oh yes! finally, finally, i got a chance to buy the baby shoes!

they are packed well in a cute box, too!

Onéa design shop

fredrikinkatu 32Helsinki

me ＋food

V came back from his 2 weeks holiday in peru. during those 2 weeks, i found out that my life is pretty simple without him.
less laundry to do for a week. less dishes to wash for a day. less menu to cook for a each meal.

after his return, we went to eat out for our anniversary. oh yes, we have each other ! and we have anniversary.
every dishes were very pretty and looked like piece of art, indeed.

to me, food and art relate each other.

in the autumn, there will be some kind of event. the event consists of food ＋ceramics ＋cartoon. for some reason, i am going to be an chef assistant for this day. really exciting to plan this for food. someone said " but you are glass maker..." well, i have no funny feeling of being as a chef assistant in this project. food is art!

before and after

Onéa design shop has moved and opened a new shop in early this month. it locates on the same street but a different location.

when the shop was still under renovation, once i went to the shop and helped painting the display showcase. (did i really help??) place was then very empty.
that time, i heared E (Onéa design shop owner) spoke her mother language; norwegian with her norwegian friend. beautiful language! indeed, sounds pretty close to swedish as some swedish friends previously told me so.

the new Onéa design shop has many fresh items for spring!
please go and check it out.

Onéa design shop
fredrikinkatu 32
Helsinki

hand mirrors

they are handy hand mirrors.

japaneses hand printed Origami were trapped in between glass and mirrors.

previously, some finnish told me they can be more japanese-looking. also some lady said " do japanese use those hand mirrors? we do not have such a habit. they are pretty though..."

oh, i see!! these were very interesting points!

i tried not to emphasize "japanese" too much. but intended to apply japanese paper in pretty and stylish way....but yeah, non-japanese may prefer them to be more "japanese-looking" even paper can be with Mt. Fuji and geisha girl prints on them....????

also, yes, i have not really seen some girls check their make up with their hand mirrors. (in japan, many girls DO check their face in the hand mirrors)

so when i brought those mirrors last year to the Onea shop, i did not expected they would be sold well.

however, great things is that people found those mirrors at the Onea shop. (thanks! and thanks for Onea shop!)

....so i made them more!

white

yesterday, i thought spring is coming.

then this morning i saw white view out from my window.

yes, snow!

but actually, snowing days are pretty. really pretty.

i bought rubber boots this winter. they are wonderful things, i should have bought them much earlier, indeed. i do not mind working in raining days nor showing days. i even run in snow, kick off snow and stamp puddles. silly things but fun.

cat x 3

you may guess that i like cats.
well, i like dogs more though.....somehow i got into printing cats on my boxes.

this photo was taken around 16:00 only with natural sunlight. yes, sun stays this long now!
yeah!! spring is coming.
i waited for this to come so long!

hello again!

new jewelry boxs i made for Onéa design shop.

they look pretty feminine ..... somehow very spring looking, too.

long time no blog!

oh, yes, i have a blog! it has been a long time!

i made some glass with lace pattern on them.
looking wonderful.

in japan, i bought some new parts for my new work. exciting to make some new work.

memories

more photos from japan.
during my visiting in japan, my grandmother gave me some of her jewelries. those 2 rings in the photo are especially special one that she gave me. those 2 rings were made out of her mother's (my great-grandmother) japanese ornamental hairpin "Kanzasi". the pink one is a coral and the green one is jade. they are beautiful and cute!
i still remember how i spent time with great-grandmother. i am still attached to he even she passed away very long time ago. when i received those rings, i felt my great-grandmother came back to me. great gifts.