Sen Table Lamp TSUMUGI The intricately handwoven bamboo piece

The intricately handwoven bamboo piece steps forward as the focus

the open structure casts its lines in shadow across the table and wall behind it

like a flower bud caught in the act of opening

Its washi is thinner and more fibrous

Enso finds its beauty in that imperfection

Sen Table Lamp TSUMUGI The intricately handwoven bamboo pieceSen means lines in Japanese, and the piece is made of little else: six hundred fine bamboo strips, gathered into curved arcs and set in two tiers around a central core. It is handcrafted in the traditional Suruga takesensuji craft a technique of round, hair fine bamboo, worked one strip at a time. Standing on a surface, the open structure casts its lines in shadow across the table and wall behind it, making the shadows an active part of this piece.