{"id":14233,"date":"2025-09-10T00:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/nendos-helically-mated-pair-of-chopsticks\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T00:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:29:37","slug":"nendos-helically-mated-pair-of-chopsticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/nendos-helically-mated-pair-of-chopsticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Nendo&#8217;s Helically-Mated Pair of Chopsticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember Kaare Klint&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.core77.com\/posts\/132486\/A-Design-Classic-with-a-Muddy-History-Kaare-Klints-Propellor-Stool\">Propellor Stool<\/a>, where the helical legs nest together?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>An unlikely relative exists in these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nendo.jp\/en\/works\/chopsticks-collection-2\/rassen\/?egenre\">Rassen<\/a> chopsticks, designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nendo.jp\/\">Nendo<\/a> for manufacturer Hashikura Matsukan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chopsticks ordinarily come in pairs, but the Rassen chopsticks are a single unit. They&#8217;re separated into two for eating, then rejoined into one form when not in use. We used the artisans&#8217;s hand skills and a multi-axis CNC miller to create them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For four centuries, the town of Obama in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, has manufactured lacquered chopsticks. Obama&#8217;s lacquered chopsticks have been recognised as the hardest and most beautiful of Japanese lacquer chopsticks since the seventeenth century, when they became known as Wakasa-nuri. We designed these chopsticks in collaboration with Hashikura Matsukan, a manufacturer who continue Obama&#8217;s traditional manufacturing techniques today. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember Kaare Klint&#8217;s Propellor Stool, where the helical legs nest together? 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