Niwaki Hanky – Grid Online now

Niwaki Hanky – Grid

Rienzome hand dye and silkscreen their designs onto their cotton before making these traditional patterned hankies. Not very big, but very very nice.

• 22g
• 435 x 435mm
• Cotton
• Made in Japan

Niwaki means garden tree. Not very exciting, but it implies far more than that. Japanese gardens are landscapes, microcosms of nature, and the trees are all shaped to fit into those landscapes. In 1997, Niwaki’s founder Jake went to Japan as a wannabe sculptor, to investigate the cultural phenomenon of the cherry blossom season, Hanami. There he discovered the gardens, the trees and later, how fabulous their tools are.