4 airtight Washi tea tins thanks to their double iron lid.
From the Japanese «Wa», meaning Japanese, and «Shi», paper, Washi refers to paper made by hand in Japan from intertwined wild mulberry fibres. This gives Washi paper great strength and, at the same time, particular flexibility.
The AIZOME series explores the history of indigo dyeing. Indigo is a very old Japanese tradition. Although it was known and used earlier in China and India, Japanese indigo dyeing has incomparable properties… When clothes dyed with Japanese indigo bleed, the colour remains navy blue. It is also credited with many interesting qualities, such as being antiseptic and insect-repellent...
Today, industrialisation has caused the artisanal production of indigo dye to disappear. Only a few guardians keep the tradition alive.