Make this yours from Japan

A recently arrived selection of beautiful vintage Japanese boro and kasuri pieces.  A mix of kasuri, indigo, handwoven cotton stripes in traditional workwear shapes—vests, jackets and mompe style pants.

We’re posting them in groups online and they are of course available in-store. 

From Northern Japan, Meiji / Taisho period.  

Also, slipping in some silk tabi socks.  Good for your circulation and sharp in their styling. 

Check out our NEW ARRIVALS online HERE:  http://store.ikoikospace.com/NEW-ARRIVALS-c91/

Zachary Leener for Rowena Sartin

Donut Bangles

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ZACHARY LEENER for Rowena Sartin

A decorative collaboration with artist Zachary Leener.  Stoneware with some moody, fabric-mimicking glazework.

Available in-store and HERE: 

http://store.ikoikospace.com/NEW-ARRIVALS/ZL-RS-Donut-Bangle-p57.html

WAKA WAKA Zig Zag Tables

Modular Zig Zag Tables

by WAKA WAKA

Reclaimed douglas fir.  Available for special order.

New Merkelware

Perfect timing for some new MERKELWARE pieces. 

Mini bottles:  stoneware, 6 1/2” tall + artisan cork

Everyday bowl:  stoneware, 6 1/2” wide x 4 1/2” tall 

New Reading on the Rack

POP AFRICANA

Stunning.  Amazing palette.  Intriguing spreads and content. 

Latest issue of EIN MAGAZIN UBER ORTE (a magazine about places):

Issue No. 9 offers different perspectives on Berlin.  Love this magazine for real. 

Gifting Series

Plates and bowls and dishes

Some easy picks for your gifting list.

New to the IKO IKO family is the work of Paula Greif.  More striped vessels are on the way. 

Look at her pinstripe porcelain bowl (pictured above) HERE:  http://store.ikoikospace.com/NEW-ARRIVALS/Pinstripe-Bowl-p74.html

Nabeshiki (trivet).  Beautifully made and useful for hot stuff on a table. An ongoing item by popular demand!

HERE: http://store.ikoikospace.com/NEW-ARRIVALS/Nabeshiki-Trivet-p206.html

Two new shapes in our MELTING ICE CUBE CANDLE HOLDER family.  Pair with a traditional Japanese candle.

HERE:  http://store.ikoikospace.com/NEW-ARRIVALS/Melting-Ice-Cube-Candle-Holder-p67.html

New hand crocheted bags and washcloth.  Hemp yarn and twine that gets softer with each washing.

HERE:  http://store.ikoikospace.com/NEW-ARRIVALS/Crochet-Soap-Sack-p75.html

Handmade slab style soap from North Carolina.  Slip it in the crochet soap sack. 

HERE:  http://store.ikoikospace.com/NEW-ARRIVALS/Handmade-Soap-Bar-p205.html

Plenty more very approachable items in-store.  Come by and see.

White Winter Bags

Love to have a white bag throughout the year. We have two for you now:

ANVE’s white SACO DE PAPEL.  The paper sack purse in white leather.

HERE: http://store.ikoikospace.com/ACCESSORIES/BAGS/ANVE/Saco-de-Papel-Bag-p33.html

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ROWENA SARTIN’s not-a-rectangle handle tote in a washed and dried and crinkled like paper leather.

HERE:   http://store.ikoikospace.com/ACCESSORIES/BAGS/Rowena-Sartin/Not-a-Rectangle-Tote-p202.html

Way to go Merkel-Hess!

(above:  Matt Merkel-Hess knee bowls at IKO IKO)

Go see his Bucketry show at Acme thru Dec. 21.

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read this:  http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/seeing-things-matthias-merkel-hess/?hpw

Say hello to BLEACHED BLEACHED

Excited to share a new element of our IKO IKO website… BLEACHED BLEACHED

As a way to join the spirit behind IKO IKO with work by artists we admire, we have created an online journal called BLEACHED BLEACHED.  It is a light catalog of images by an individual artist presented monthly on our website and as a downloadable pdf.  To bleach = to remove the color, to alter the fiber, to change what was the original.
 

ISSUE NO. 1:

This inaugural issue features work by Japanese photographer Akio Nishimoto. Using a variety of old and new digital camera technology his image-making shares the texture around a day, unfolding and folding back in.  “Untitled” is a series about the ongoing observations within his daily parameter—fading light, crawling geckos, nature passages, quiet corners and curious interior still life.

Akio Nishimoto trained at the London International Film School in film production and lighting design. He lives and works in Amagasaki, Japan.

To see more of his work:  akionishimoto.com

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IKO IKO @ Remodelista HOLIDAY MARKET

(above: WAKA WAKA leather cutout stools)

Those of you in LA or nearby, come see us at the Remodelista Holiday Market this Saturday, December 10, from 10 am - 4 pm.   

It’s free admission and there’s plenty of parking.

We’ll have a selection of pieces for the holiday gifting and thereafter—some of our ongoing custom IKO IKO interior ware with work by a few other friends. 

WHERE:

BIG DADDY’S ANTIQUES
3334 S. La Cienega Place, Los Angeles, CA 90016
Big Daddy’s Antiques is one block west of La Cienega Boulevard off
Jefferson Boulevard near Culver City.

VENDORS:
Atelier de Troupe
Baum-Kuchen
Brendan Ravenhill
Chariots On Fire
Foraged Flora
HBG’s BFF Bags
Iko Iko
Joey Roth
Lost & Found
Maude Press
Nickey Kehoe
Pope Valley Pottery
Public Bikes
Richard Carter Studio
RTH Shop
Scout Regalia
Small Trade Company
St&ndard Goods
Studiopatró
TW Pottery
Whim & Caprice

 
More info via Remodelista’s site:

http://remodelista.com/posts/remodelista-holiday-market-in-los-angeles

Come by if you can or stop by the new store space if you haven’t visited us yet.  We are ready for the holidays!

IKO IKO

931 N. Fairfax Ave.

West Hollywood, CA 90046

323.719.1079