Last week on Wednesday night we opened our doors for the opening reception of the first Nakashima retrospective in Canada. We had an incredible turn-out and we thank everyone who took the time to visit and say hello to us and the Yarnall-Nakashima family.

An Ikebana bowl specially made by Masanobu Ando, and a flower arrangement by Mira Nakashima with flowers from Coriander Girl. So beautiful!

Conoid dining chairs made with walnut and carved hickory pickets.

Beautiful lounge chairs in cherry with maple burl arms.

Asa-no-ha cabinet with a Conoid coffee table in front. Tea ceremony tools by Masanobu Ando.

Large vase by Uchida Kouichi on the left, and Urushi tea containers, and tooled tray by Shingo Tsukuda.

A Mira box / jewelry box.

Nakashima belongs in our showroom.

 

The most beautiful wood boxes and trays by Tsukuda Shingo.

The tori arch of the Conoid Bench.

A special vase by Japanese potter Uchida Kouichi resting on the edge of the bench.

Hand tooled wooden trays by Tsukuda Shingo.

Peeking into the rarely photographed back half of our showroom.

Tea Ceremony bowls and trays made by Masanobu Ando.

A unique collection of Calligraphy tools made by Masanobu Ando for the exhibition. Mira Nakashima was nice enough to lend us her Calligraphy brushes for the exhibition display.

One of our favourite collections in the exhibition, the desk, the Captain’s chair and the table lamp are spectacular. Hovering above is a silver glazed cross by Masanobu Ando. Ando-san doesn’t have a connection to the cross, but he saw many on a trip to Europe and thought they would make a nice wall flower vase.

Grass-seated chairs with a wall hanging cabinet.

Ultimo bench with Japanese indigo fabric.

Minguren end table with vase by Uchida Kouichi.

Black copper glazed lidded statues by Uchida Kouichi.

Hand chiseled black urushi coated tableware by famous wood craftsman Ryuji Mitani.

A collection of hammered silver works by Mami and Takejiro Hasegawa.

The Opening reception with Mira Nakashima in her summer Yukata.

A collection of woodworkers (including our architect Peter Tan) nerding out ;)

The two Johns – John Baker & Jon Yarnall (Mira’s husband, woodworker and head of the Nakashima chair department).

A big thank you to:

Fielding Estate Winery – your wine was highly complimented all evening. Thank you for helping make our evening a special success.

Sali Tabacchi – we adore your innovative program design!

Mira and Jon Yarnall, Maria and Maya for coming to Toronto to be a part of this historic event.