With the warm glow of light cast through handmade paper on a bamboo frame, Isamu Noguchi utilized traditional Japanese materials to bring modern design to the home. The outcome is a resilient paper form, which can be collapsed and packed flat for shipping. Once the glue has dried and the shape is set, the internal wooden form is disassembled and removed. A horizontal form of a self-standing lightbox, it provides even illumination of the subject from below through a translucent cover and fluorescent lights. A light table is a viewing device that is used to review photographic film or artwork placed on top of it.
The washi paper is cut into strips and glued onto both sides of the framework. For the integrated development environment, see Light Table (software). Bamboo ribbing is stretched across sculptural molded wood forms. Each Akari is handcrafted beginning with the making of washi paper from the inner bark of the mulberry tree. since 1951 follows the traditional methods for Japanese Gifu lanterns. The fabrication of Akari in Japan at OzekiĀ & Co. He called these works Akari, a term meaning light as illumination, but also implying the idea of weightlessness.
Noguchi designed the first of his lamps that would be produced by the traditional Gifu methods of construction. Shop unique contemporary lighting, floor lamps, table lamps, chandeliers, pendants, and sconces handmade with creativity and exquisite craftsmanship from glass, clay, metal, wood, and other materials. In 1951 Isamu Noguchi visited the town of Gifu, Japan, known for its manufacture of lanterns and umbrellas from mulberry bark paper and bamboo. Lighting created by today's finest North American artists far outshines anything mass produced.