WORKS

Crafts For Common People

2022.04.22 HAE

Mashiko

DAISO

In Osamu Tezuka’s masterpiece, The Firebird, eternal life is granted to those who fall into the hands of the Firebird. Even if their bodies perish and they become nothing more than a mere reminder. In the future, when our lifespan has come to an end, will NFT be a ‘firebird’?

After 100 years, folk art vessels, which were daily life tools, have moved away from the prices at which ordinary people can easily afford to buy them.
In the world of antiques and antiques, where values have been judged according to the times, it is taboo to add artifice to objects, but we dared to implant a chip in antique Mashiko ware to deconstruct its monetary value and record information on the vessel as NFT.
Meanwhile, we added a similar artifice to DAISO vessels, which were the most democratically priced of our time, and inscribed their uniqueness through NFT.
How will these vessels compare in value 100 years from now?