Wabi-Sabi Lacquerware Stand

Double Happiness Lacquer Stand

Time, Repaired — Then Reimagined

This nearly century-old lacquerware piece began its life in traditional folk use, built on a solid wooden core and finished in deep red and black lacquer. Time did what it always does—it softened the surface, opened fine cracks, and revealed the quiet tension between wood and lacquer.

Those cracks were not erased.
They were carefully restored, while the natural imperfections of the wood were intentionally left visible.

The result is a rare balance:
aged lacquer fissures meeting raw wooden irregularities—
a wabi-sabi dialogue that cannot be recreated.

How It Feels

When you look closely, the surface holds two kinds of time.

The lacquer carries its original color, darkened gently by decades.
The wood beneath breathes through subtle undulations, reminding you that this object was once alive.

Kevin intervened not to correct it, but to continue its story
—adding a hand-applied “Double Happiness” motif and the phrase itself, not as ornament, but as contrast.

Ancient material.
Contemporary gesture.
A moment of quiet humor inside restraint.

Why It Fits Your Life

• An Object with a Past
  Nearly 100 years old, carrying traces of use, repair, and survival.
• Wabi-Sabi, Fully Present
  Cracks, restorations, and wood grain coexist—nothing is hidden.
• Reimagined for Tea
  Repurposed as a teapot stand, grounding your brewing ritual with weight and meaning.
• A Kevin Intervention
  The added “Double Happiness” transforms heritage into something personal and alive.

This is not nostalgia.
It is continuity.

Built for a New Chapter

• Stable wooden core suitable for daily tea use
• Lacquer surface protected yet honest about age
• One-of-a-kind piece—no replacement, no repetition
• Functions as teapot stand, tray accent, or sculptural object

It doesn’t decorate your tea table.
It anchors it.

Founder Anchor

“I didn’t want to restore it to perfection.
I wanted to let it keep breathing—and then smile once.”
— Kevin