This Clock is made out of Sudare. It makes use of the properties of this traditional Japanese sun blind, drawing on its heritage as well as on its contemporary applications.
Three Sudare screens are superimposed, each one with a mesh of a different size, in order to display seconds, minutes and hours in separate layers.
The clock is backlit in order to reveal the Sudare filters and to highlight the striped shadows they create, both during day and at night. As time passes, these three Sudares rotate independently, playing with light and reflection, and creating a new “moiré” pattern with each passing second.
This Sudare clock was created to showcase the finesse of this traditional craftwork. By using three different layers, rotating with three different rhythms, the clock is an evolving creation, which changes every second.
This continual evolution is an illustration of the fact that our vision of the world slowly changes as time passes and also of our mission to preserve the beauty of traditional craftsmanship through modern and functional design.
Daiko Industrial is a manufacturer of traditional Japanese sun blinds located on the banks of Lake Biwa, one of the largest lakes in Japan. The reeds that grow in the fertile waters of Lake Biwa make it a choice area for Sudare production.
Acting as guardians of traditional expertise, Daiko has managed to modernize ancestral techniques and adapt them to the needs of contemporary lifestyles. Specialized in the production of blinds for both interior and exterior use, Daiko Industrial is now actively developing a furniture and lighting division using the basis of its traditional expertise: Sudare.
