nangoo: Refreshing Glass Drops
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
PingMag has published my translation of the article ” nangoo: Refreshing Glass Drops.”
A tonbo-dama (literally “dragonfly ball”) is an ornate glass bead with a hole in the centre. Until today, their colourful variety, their style and shape is used for kanzashi, beautiful hairpins and also decorative kimono sash pins to compliment the kimono’s colours. However, as Japanese people sadly don’t wear traditional clothes so often these days, it is such a pity that these unique glass ornaments don’t have a chance to be shown. That is why today PingMag talks to Tomoko Nangu, who designs glass accessories under the name nangoo, giving this rich tradition an intimate, modern touch with fruit shapes, rainbow colours or polka dots. Read the full story>>