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Shimatani Syouryu Koubou

Suzugami Bendable Tin Plates 11 x 11

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SUZUGAMI is an amazing soft tin plate

carefully hand-hammered. It is only 0.7mm thick.
It is a product which could be conjured up by high skilled metalwork artisans who are able to make “orin”, a Japanese Buddhist standing bell.
Currently there are only less than ten craftsmen who can produce the “orin” in Japan.
The plate can be folded and bent like origami (Japanese folding papercraft) to form any
shapes and can be returned to its original shape with a rolling pin even if stretched out.

The smallest suzugami at 11 x 11 cm is of course perfect as an individual side plate, but it can also be used to hold a wet hand towel or food toppings. If you fold the corner, it can also be used as a chopstick or cutlery rest.

 

Product Details

Material: Tin (rolled)
Size: 11 x 11 (cm)

Brand Information

‘Syouryu’ is the proprietary brand of Shimatani Syouryu Koubou, a workshop that has been a specialist manufacturer of orin bowl gongs for Buddhist temples since its establishment in 1909.
There are three orin artisans at this workshop (there are only ten in all of Japan), who create orin gongs by hammering down metal to create a round shaped gong with a nicely tuned sound. Our aim is to continue to make new products using this metal hammering technique.