Okinawa Gallery

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Gallery

Ryukyu glass in the light, the hands that make it, and the island it comes from.

01 · In the Light

The glass, at the table and by the sea

Bubbles, uneven walls, the colours of old bottles. Photographed where the glass belongs: in daylight.

Green Ryukyu glass pitcher and tumblers with sliced lime on a wooden tray
A table set with blue Ryukyu glass plates and cups on white linen
Ryukyu glass vases with bougainvillea and seashells on a white wooden table
Turquoise Ryukyu glass plate and cup with lime, seen from above in soft light
A hand holding a red Ryukyu glass tumbler up to the light
Blue-rimmed Ryukyu glass tumblers on a driftwood table by the sea
Turquoise bubble-glass tumblers and a small green plant on a table
Three gerbera stems in small red, orange and pink Ryukyu glass vases
Two indigo Ryukyu glass cups with chopsticks on a dark table
Ryukyu glass pitcher and tumblers on a wooden table facing the beach
Deep blue Ryukyu glass cups and pitcher resting on Okinawan stone
A clear Ryukyu glass bowl of salad on a pale table
Blue Ryukyu glass cups and dried grasses arranged on a pale cloth
A single Ryukyu glass tumbler on a beach table with the Okinawan sea behind
Blue and clear Ryukyu glass tumblers with a woven coaster on sand
A row of colourful Ryukyu glass tumblers beside a sprig of greenery
Close-up of stacked blue Ryukyu glass plates catching the light
Ryukyu glass tumblers in blue and amber standing on white sand
A hand holding a red Ryukyu glass cup with a blowpipe in the background

02 · The Makers

Ryukyu Glass Creation, Itoman

Stills from the workshop. Molten glass gathered, blown, turned and shaped by hand.

A bubbled Ryukyu glass tumbler held up against a blue Okinawan sky
Portrait of a veteran Ryukyu glass artisan in his workshop
A glassblower gathering molten glass from the furnace
Molten glass glowing orange on the end of a blowpipe
A Ryukyu glass artisan blowing a piece in the workshop
Black-and-white view of a Ryukyu glass workshop
An artisan's face lit by the glow of the furnace
Shaping hot glass with hand tools at the bench
A glowing bulb of glass being turned in the dark workshop
An artisan's hands working a blowpipe

03 · No Two Are Alike

The series, up close

Bubbles, leaf, and colour settle differently in every piece. These are the series we carry — Galaxy, Cosmo, Stone Path, Yambaru — each one made by hand, and never quite repeated.

Two Cosmo glasses in deep blue on a block of Ryukyu limestone
Close-up of a Galaxy “Ginga” plate, silver leaf and bubbles drifting through black glass
Galaxy “Ginga” sake carafe with two sake cups on white
Galaxy “Ginga” footed compote against a black background
Close-up of a Stone Path “Ishidatami” small bowl in brown, tortoiseshell mottling in the glass
Yambaru Paradise glass, black glass flecked with green and violet, on white
Yambaru Paradise plate, green and blue specks scattered across black glass
Close-up of a Cosmo glass, swirls of blue and white like a nebula
Close-up of a Stone Path “Ishidatami” sake cup in blue
A pair of Stone Path “Ishidatami” small bowls, one brown and one blue
The lip of a Galaxy “Ginga” sake carafe, silver leaf caught in black glass
Cosmo large plate seen from above, blue and white swirling in the glass
Stone Path “Ishidatami” sake carafe in brown on white
Close-up of a Yambaru Paradise glass, violet and green flecks in dark glass

04 · The Island

Okinawa, the source

The kingdom's stone, the sea's colour, the night sky. What the glass is made to hold.

Stone steps leading up to a red gate at Shuri Castle, Naha
A shisa lion guardian in front of a vermilion wall
Emerald shallows and green headlands of an Okinawan bay
Red-lacquered gate and limestone walls of Shuri Castle
A shaded path through a subtropical Okinawan forest
Sunset over Naha seen from the hills of Shuri
The old stone-paved road of Kinjo-cho in Shuri
Curving Ryukyu limestone castle walls under a bright sky
The Milky Way over Okinawa at night
The sun setting into the sea off Okinawa

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Okinawa, in your hands

Pick one up, and hold the island's landscape, its memory, and its spirit.

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