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Healing beech in everyday life

A bowl with a round shape and a gentle color of white wood. When you pick it up, you will notice that the ribbon-shaped wood is delicately wrapped.
The BUNACO bowl is light, durable, non-slip, and fits comfortably in your hand. Every time you use it, you will feel its goodness and you will want to pick it up frequently and use it with great care. The simple and natural atmosphere complements what you put in it, and the urethane coating on the surface makes it a convenient bowl that can also hold salads, breakfast flakes, soups and simmered dishes. You can put fruits, bread, sweets, etc., and you can also make flowers by taking advantage of water resistance, so it can be used widely in each size, and it is convenient even if you have different sizes.

Unique environment-friendly technology

"Where beech grows, the land is beautiful."Beech, also known as the Virgin of the Graceful Forest, is like a source of life around us with its green leaves that create good quality soil in the fall and its water-retaining power to store plenty of water. Beech is widely distributed in Japan, but the representative production area is the pristine beech forest in the Shirakami Mountains, which is also registered as a World Heritage Site. In Aomori Prefecture, where the Shirakami Mountains are located, this original BUNACO bowl is made by making effective use of beech.

After making the beech into a wig, it is processed into a tape with a width of 10 mm and a thickness of about 1 mm, and a winding mold is applied to make it into a coil shape, which is an epoch-making method that can effectively utilize wood resources. Things.For example, in the case of potter's wheel grinding made by carving from a wooden block, if a salad bowl with a diameter of 20 cm and a height of 8 cm is carved from a wooden block, a mass of wood with a volume of about 5,800 cubic cm is required.If this is made by the BUNACO manufacturing method, it can be made with only 160 cubic cm of material.

BUNACO is handmade one by one from raw material processing to completion. The production process is about 30 steps when counting the details, and it requires more labor and time than the potter's wheel grinding, but not only is there no waste of precious wood, but there are no cracks or deviations, so it can not be made with the potter's wheel. It has the characteristic of being able to create a unique shape. The bowl was created with the idea of ​​using the limited beech trees to a minimum, and is a gem that gently conveys the kindness of the creator's tree.

The wooden bowl has high heat insulation, it is easy to keep the temperature of the dish, and it is easy to hold even if you put hot things in it, so it is perfect for putting hot vegetables and pasta with a lot of ingredients. By applying urethane coating on the surface, it repels water and oil, so you can add a salad with dressing. For the large size # 261, mix the vegetables to be used as a salad in a bowl and serve on the table as it is. This bowl is recommended for people who want to save time but are particular about tableware. # 262 is for confectionery bowls and bread bowls. # 263 is also recommended for breakfast cereals, yogurt and soup for one person. The paint gives it a smooth feel, so dirt does not collect in the gaps between the tape-shaped beech trees, making it easy to wash.
BUNACO bowls, which can be used for a variety of purposes, are simple and easy to pick up. It can be used as a light and durable tableware for wedding gifts, new life starters, small children and elderly people with different sizes and multiple sets. How about a BUNACO bowl that can be used for various purposes as a gift?

Creating beautiful shapes by loving beech

BUNACO, a woodworking manufacturer in Aomori, uses natural wood, which is a blessing of the forest, as a raw material and consistently produces it in-house from processing to completion of raw materials. The name is a Tsugaru dialect of beech coil, which is a technical feature of winding beech tape in a coil shape.
Originally used as a base for lacquer ware, it is possible to create the same form by using beech tape, winding it in a coil, and sliding it little by little, compared to the conventional method of carving out peeled wood. became.In Aomori, which is rich in beech wood, this technology was born from the idea that it could be used for something, and it is a unique eco-friendly manufacturing method that makes effective use of wood resources and is environmentally friendly.
The beautifully curved work called "Beech" is certified as a Good Design product selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for its excellence, quality and safety.