Cherry Bark Portfolio Box

Denshiro

• Introduction

  I am a Cherry Bark Portfolio Box. I look like I was found in the woods, but I was made for the studio. I hold your creative secrets — sketches, stories, or dreams on paper — and promise to keep them safe beneath my bark.
  

   

• Curator's Notes 

  Every so often, a piece arrives that makes everyone at the gallery stop mid-conversation and this is one of them. The Denshiro Cherry Bark Portfolio Box feels as though a slice of the forest has been brought indoors. Its surface, alive with knots, grains, and the raw depth of cherry bark, gives the impression of something magical scavenged from the woods, yet refined.

  It’s large enough to hold what matters most like drawings, sketches, paintings, or print materials, and feels like a keeper of creative histories. The craftsmanship is extraordinary, each layer of bark perfectly balanced around a wooden form that feels at once natural and like a treasure. There’s something poetic about using a piece of nature to protect the artifacts of imagination.

   

  Cherry Bark Portfolio Box was curated by Angélique Chmielewski

   

• Designer/Maker 

  Artist: Denshiro

   

   

• Specifications

  Dimensions: 9.9" (w) x 13.5" (l) x 3.4" (h) or 251mm (w) x 343mm (l) x 86mm (h) 
  

   

  Weight: 3.9 lb or 1.8 kg

   

  Materials: Cherry Bark

   

• Details
  • Handmade in Akita, Japan
    
  • Made by 6th generation family-run business Fujiki Denshiro Shoten
    
  • The highest grade cherry bark, renewably sourced from the mountains of northern Japan, is used 
    
  • Multiple layers of bark are prepared using traditional techniques and dried for two years to ensure durability
    
  • Each sheet of cherry bark is finely whittled and refined by the hands of expert craftsmen
    
  • Exterior is textured raw cherry bark
    
  • Interior is polished cherry bark
    
  • Interior dimensions of 8.1 " (w) x 11.6" (l) or 206mm (w) or 295mm (l)
    
  • Ideal for holding documents, papers, photos, and other personal creations or keepsakes
    
  • Each piece is unique and will have variations
• Return Policy
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