Hiro Kashihara
Cutlery Artist
Based on the concept of "cultivating cutlery"
I create small table utensils.
My journey with cutlery began
when I made a pair to give to my wife.
Scheduled Exhibitors
Only exhibitions with set dates are listed.
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April 2025
- Kagawa Prefecture
May 2025
- Shanghai, China
June 2025
- Tokyo
- Fukuoka Prefecture
2025年7月
- 福岡県
2025年9月
- 静岡県
- 東京都
2025年12月
- 中国 遼寧省
- 大分県
2024
November: Hibikiki Miniature Garden (Taichung, Taiwan)
November: Winter day at Konohino Tool Shop (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
November: Gathering of Light-Born People (Daisen Park, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture)
November: Cutlery and Leather in Life: The Gap in Life (Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture)
October Vie Colorée Épice/Kiribi Select (Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
October ARTS&CRAFT Shizuoka Handicraft Market (Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
September: Yoshida pottery and Hiro Kashihara two-person exhibition at Konohino Doguten (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
September: Tetsuhiro Iwata and Hiro Kashihara Exhibition: Utsuwa Manki (Adachi-ku, Tokyo)
August: Summer Dining Exhibition axcis nalf (Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture)
August IKKAKU Hakata Hankyu (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
June 16:00 Cafe Konohino Tool Shop (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
March Solo Exhibition: Pottery for Adults (WEB)
March: My Pottery Time, Hakata Hankyu (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
2023
December Pairing Time by Maker's Mark Daikanyama T-Site (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
December POPUP jozu+ (Toyonocho, Osaka)
November: Miyormon Village (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
October Special Exhibition Tsukimori (Higashimorokata District, Miyazaki Prefecture)
September Solo Exhibition: Pottery for Adults (WEB)
August Special Exhibition "Tawawa" (Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture)
August: Summer Dining Exhibition axcis nalf (Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture)
March: Utsuwa Manki: The Source of Living (Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture)
2022
August Special Exhibition "Tawawa" (Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture)
2024
November: Hibikiki Miniature Garden (Taichung, Taiwan)
November: Winter day at Konohino Tool Shop (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
November: Gathering of Light-Born People (Daisen Park, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture)
November: Cutlery and Leather in Life: The Gap in Life (Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture)
October Vie Colorée Épice/Kiribi Select (Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
October ARTS&CRAFT Shizuoka Handicraft Market (Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
September: Yoshida pottery and Hiro Kashihara two-person exhibition at Konohino Doguten (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
September: Tetsuhiro Iwata and Hiro Kashihara Exhibition: Utsuwa Manki (Adachi-ku, Tokyo)
August: Summer Dining Exhibition axcis nalf (Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture)
August IKKAKU Hakata Hankyu (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
June 16:00 Cafe Konohino Tool Shop (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
March Solo Exhibition: Pottery for Adults (WEB)
March: My Pottery Time, Hakata Hankyu (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
2023
December Pairing Time by Maker's Mark Daikanyama T-Site (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
December POPUP jozu+ (Toyonocho, Osaka)
November: Miyormon Village (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
October Special Exhibition Tsukimori (Higashimorokata District, Miyazaki Prefecture)
September Solo Exhibition: Pottery for Adults (WEB)
August Special Exhibition "Tawawa" (Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture)
August: Summer Dining Exhibition axcis nalf (Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture)
March: Utsuwa Manki: The Source of Living (Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture)
2022
August Special Exhibition "Tawawa" (Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture)
作品のコンセプト
The beauty of ever-changing expressions
I see the scratches, stains and uneven colouring of my cutlery as characterful and consider them a good thing.
Perfection and without a single scratch is a wonderful thing, but cutlery is ultimately a tool for daily life. As you use it, scratches will inevitably appear and the surface will gradually become dull.
If an item is most beautiful when it is free of scratches, then it would seem that its value decreases as you use it.
What is the creation of a product that the user grows attached to and that increases in value as they use it? After much thought, we arrived at a product that is designed to age.
Using it makes it into a work of art
It is passed down from artist to user, and with daily use it gradually ages and takes on a texture that is unique to that individual.
As the tools tarnish, fade, and get scratched, and as they acquire more and more stains that remind the user of something memorable, such as, "Oh, that's a stain from when I ate that," they become treasured items that the user finds hard to part with, and so begins a life with them.
Please use your hands to create a one-of-a-kind piece of work.
The thoughts behind the design
Forks, spoons and chopsticks are tools used to bring food directly to the mouth.
I treat tools made for the act of living and eating as canvases, and by incorporating things that I myself find beautiful, I hopes to express the idea that there are irreplaceable things hidden in the mundane aspects of our everyday lives.
略歴
樫原ヒロ
1984年 香川県 東かがわ市 生まれ
香川大学大学院 教育学研究科 卒
同居していた祖父母が手袋の手工業を営んでいました。瀬戸内の小さな漁師町で、ものづくりや自然を身近に感じながら幼少時代を過ごします。
10代後半から独学でシルバーアクセサリーや革製品などの製作を始め、一般企業で働きながらハンドメイド作品を作り続けていました。
カトラリーを作り始めたきっかけは妻が素敵な器やカトラリーを集めていたこと。さまざまな作品を見ているうち、次第にその役割や美しさに惹かれていき、ある時、妻にプレゼントするために作った一本からカトラリー制作が始まりました。
独学ながらも2020年から本格的に制作を開始。2021年に自身の作品を販売する「コノヒノ道具店」を立ち上げ、2022年には法人化しアトリエレトン合同会社を設立。
現在は香川県高松市鬼無町にアトリエを構え、国内外のお客様、ショップやギャラリー、レストラン、カフェなどに作品をお届けしています。
Atelier Shop
Konohino
653-2 Fujii, Kinashicho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, 761-8024
We have a shop attached to our atelier, so even if an item is out of stock online, it may still be available in store.