HORIKI ERIKO

We have installed light walls, light pillars and shoji washi paper in the lobby, lounge & dining room and entrance of Hotel Utano Kyoto Villa, the third hotel in Kyoto City of the Hotel New Awaji Group, which opened on 5 November 2024.
In a tranquil space away from the hustle and bustle of the city center, a renovated historical building from the early Showa period, visitors can enjoy washi designed with motifs of traditional Japanese patterns using ancient paper-making techniques, and a collage of the various types of washi Horiki has made over the past 37 years.

▼Hotel Utano Kyoto Villa Website▼
https://hotel-utanokyoto.com/

Echizen-Takefu Station is a railway station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, in Echizen, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It opened on 16 March 2024 with the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga.
Horiki worked with Echizen washi artisans to create a washi artwork featuring the Echizen City flower ‘Chrysanthemum’ on the walls of the waiting room and the Echizen City bird ‘Stork’ on the ceiling of the concourse.
The works were created in the hope that the people of the Echizen region will bloom a large flower of life like the beautiful chrysanthemum flower and that the local industry will spread to the world like the stork flapping its wings.

NHK World’s program “FUKUI Land of Craftsmanship” will introduce our Washi works installed at Echizen Takefu Station of Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, which will open on March 16.

■Air time (Japan time)
March 1, 2024
11:30-12:00/16:30-17:00/22:30-23:00
March 2,2024
04:30-05:00

▼NHK WORLD-JAPAN website▼
https://biz.jibtv.com/programs/the_heart_of_fukui/20240301.html

Horiki will appear on NHK World’s program  “Core Kyoto”.

”New Directions for Washi: Sustainable, Elegant Use of Paper”
■Air time(Japan time)
September 1, 2022
9:30 – 10:00 / 14:30 – 15:00 / 19:30 – 20:00
September 2, 2022
0:30 – 1:00 / 6:30 – 7:00

NHK WORLD-JAPAN website：
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/corekyoto/20220901/2029182/

Washi art works (processed with laminated glass) were installed in the lobby window of the Luxury Boutique Hotel, which opened in April 2022.
The expression of the silver foil changes with the time of day, depending on the natural light from the window and the lighting in the room.

GENJI KYOTO website: https://genjikyoto.com/en/home

Six master makers and Taisuke Nakamura, Head of INFINITI Design, discussed “Modern Japanese Luxury”.

INFINITI Official site: https://www.infiniti.com/stories/the-makers.html
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcQT4wjJirx/

The washi “TOBARI” curtain was installed in the main hall of Fushimi Kandakara Jinja Shrine, located outside the precincts of Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto, famous for its Senbon-torii (one thousand torii gates). The motif is an eight-layered cloud.
The motif of this work was created to pray that the colorful clouds circling in the sky would reflect the light of hope.

Washi artworks were installed at the ” SIXIEME SENS PAR CARTIER ” high jewelry event held by Cartier at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Kyoto.
The light walls were installed in the corridor under the theme of “Sixieme Sens,” the title of the event. The design is based on the traditional Japanese “TATEWAKU” pattern incorporated as an auspicious motif, to evoke of ripple mark, wind, and shimmering of water.

Horiki contributed to a special issue on Japan National Stadium. (Construction photo on p. 94, Contribution on p. 100)
A 7.5m x 3.5m washi light wall is installed in the VIP lounge.

Website: https://japan-architect.co.jp/shop/special-issues/book-112203/

Horiki was interviewed by the Korean food documentary magazine “Magazine F”.
The article is about the development of the label for Suntory’s whisky “Hibiki” (made of washi), Horiki’s encounter with washi, and her works as a washi artist and designer. (In Korean and English)

Magazine F website: https://magazine-b.co.kr/product-tag/매거진f/

The raised logo is formed using traditional “watermark” techniques.
The arc of the circle expresses the expansion of energy and developmental thought.

Horiki is appearing in the video “THE MAKERS” on the INFINITI Global official website.
It introduces Kyoto’s artisans who are redefining traditional crafts with new ideas and techniques.

INFINITI Official site: https://www.infiniti.com/stories/the-makers.html
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infiniti/?hl=en

Art pieces were placed in the entrance/lobby, restaurant, lounge, and other areas of the Etajimasou hot spring hotel.
Horiki was inspired to create these washi artworks by the natural beauty of Etajima City in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Entrance/lobby: Light wall = Cradle of the Sea
Restaurant: Light wall/light pillar = Breath of the Land
Lounge: Light pillar = Signs of the Heavens
Hot spring building: Ceiling light = Colors of the Wind

Website: http://etajimasou.jp/

New washi light walls were installed for the renovated Hana bar counter area in Setsugekka + Salon, an authentic bar in Kyoto.
The effects of the lighting gradually change, and the washi presents a different look and atmosphere depending on the time of day. Using the watermark technique handed down from ancient times, paper fibers that have been dyed in natural color tones are added to the paper, causing a tree-like pattern to emerge.

Website: http://www.kyoto-setsugekka.com/floor/hana.html

These dynamic washi works, measuring 1.5 by 9.5 meters (in two locations on the walls) and 5.0 by 7.5 meters (in one location on the ceiling), were installed as part of the renovations commemorating 1300 years since the making of the Eleven-Headed Kannon statue.
Their designs are based on the concepts of being touched by the mercy of the divine ears, which can hear and distinguish all voices and sounds in the world, in the divine will (the center of the sky), spreading of the light of hope and the waves of wisdom.
The wall surfaces on either side of the Eleven-Headed Kannon feature designs that symbolize hearing the voices of suffering and offering waves of salvation, and the ceiling expresses those waves and the light of hope spreading, intersecting and fill the space.

This limited edition of 2008 gift sets was produced exclusively for Japan. The raised logo is formed using traditional watermark techniques, and the package design is shaped like NOSHI paper attached to gifts in Japan. The package is composed of four layers of washi, with a coloring based on the bottle’s green tone and layers of white washi, which is said to have a purifying effect.

This is the top cuvée of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2008, for which Horiki designed the packaging using washi. For this feature, Horiki experienced pairings of champagne with dishes prepared by top chefs and talked with the chefs about these new pairings.
The last installment includes pairings with dishes by Motoi Maeda of Restaurant MOTOÏ.

ONESTORY website: http://www.onestory-media.jp/post/?id=3891
Taittinger official website: http://www.sapporobeer.jp/wine/taittinger/meets/no16.html

This is the top cuvée of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2008, for which Horiki designed the packaging using washi. For this feature, Horiki experienced pairings of champagne with dishes prepared by top chefs and talked with the chefs about these new pairings.
The second installment includes pairings with dishes by Hideto Takeda of yakitori ICHIMATSU.

ONESTORY website: http://www.onestory-media.jp/post/?id=3890
Taittinger official website: http://www.sapporobeer.jp/wine/taittinger/meets/no15.html

This is the top cuvée of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2008, for which Horiki designed the packaging using washi. For this feature, Horiki experienced pairings of champagne with dishes prepared by top chefs and talked with the chefs about these new pairings. The first installment includes pairings with dishes by Hiroe Higuchi, Executive Chef of La Mer in the Shima Kanko Hotel. Horiki supervised the interior design for the second floor hall used in the G7 Ise-Shima Summit held in 2016 and installed a washi light wall.

ONESTORY website: http://www.onestory-media.jp/post/?id=3826
Taittinger official website: http://www.sapporobeer.jp/wine/taittinger/meets/no14.html

Horiki installed a 5.5 m × 8.5 m light wall in the entrance hall. The laminated glass manufacturing process was applied for these six huge sections of washi wall. For the reception area and outdoor stairway leading to the subway, Horiki collaborated with Kawahara Seisakusyo to produce giant sheets of washi and supervised the production and design for the light wall installation.

For the AQURAHOME 40th anniversary project, Horiki designed a show house and installed washi artworks. With a concept of “a house that transforms/a space that changes,” this residence incorporates washi and fixtures to support a diverse array of family structures and living styles. It’s a concept that conforms to changing family lifestyles and presents a fulfilling style of living with the heartwarming presence of washi through home design that is connected to the future.

3-2-14 Honjocho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo
ABC Housing Collection Kobe East
Hours: 10:00-18:00 (closed Wednesdays)
Website: http://www.aqura.co.jp/exhibition/hyogo/kobe/

This is the second volume following the November 2007 issue.
It introduces roughly 30 artworks from the many produced by Horiki from 2008 to 2018.
Website: https://japan-architect.co.jp/shop/special-issues/book-411807/

This volume introduces roughly 25 artworks produced in a 20-year span from 1987, when Horiki began exploring new possibilities for handing down the culture and techniques of traditional Japanese handmade washi to future generations.
Website: https://japan-architect.co.jp/shop/special-issues/book-410711/