About Us
Issho Labo is a maker studio started by two designers who see craft as a way to experience the joy of life together.
[äļį·] issho is Japanese for together, at the same time.
Side by side, we make everyday wares inspired by the unique nature of materials, beauty of processes and the wonder of surprises.
Individually, we are:
Ceramics: The Maker C
Wood: Everyday Canoe
As a pair, we are Issho Labo.
Come journey with us.
Design
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Make
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Conceptualise
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Collaborate
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Experiment
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Design * Make * Conceptualise * Collaborate * Experiment *
Our Clients
10th Anniversary Chawan
Tess Smith Roberts Butter Lamp
Custom Onio Lamp
A Fleurette of Wooden Spoons
Itâs in the making that we rediscover the joy
of designing ideas from sketch to life.
![[ ðððððððĒ, ðððð ] ðĐĩ
“Little droplets falling from the sky,
Cascading through the clouds,
Wondering why the light stays shy,
When will the quiet subdue the loud.
Though chaos bubbles and brews
And pain threatens to despair,
The chi](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1777433436209-TIGPYZTLPUYSHM9ISZ49/image-asset.jpeg)
![[ ð ððģðŠðĶð§ ððĶðĶðĩðŠðŊðĻ ] âïļ
“There is something I find deeply tender about routines we never speak of — the ones that just happen, quietly.
Two birds at a fountain, one already waiting as the other arrives. It’s a quiet u](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1777393142826-6O6JQDMEIPZOJ09P0NCI/image-asset.jpeg)
![ððĶðŠķðĻð
[ ðīððððĒ ðððð ððððððð ððð ð ððð,
ððð ððð ðððððĒ ð ððð ðððð ððððð. ]
“Wally the worm woke up with glee,
“I’m early!” he said, “just like Mama taught me!”
He wr](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1777252291771-57SQI8A1Y0W7TOGGJXJA/image-asset.jpeg)
![[ ððĒðððĨð ððĒð§ð ] ðŠē
“ It was once believed that lantern bugs gave off light in the forest, but now we know the light came from the forest, and the light is merely reflected off their wings.
This knowledge however, takes nothing away](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1777077563665-TMAFJZHFL03Z2M60YP9J/image-asset.jpeg)
![ðū A special one - for…
[ ðģððððĒ ] ðž
“A soft sky filled with floating daisies tells the tale of little Daisy ð
What begin as flowers of gentle shades of grey
- quiet, calm and still finding their place,
soon bloom into a](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1776938788164-EX9D946UKDJY12RH7N3C/image-asset.jpeg)
![[ ðŧððððððð ðð ððð ððððððð ]
“In an environment flooded with light,
even a strong beam can go unnoticed.
But in a dark place, the faintest glow
becomes transformative.
How bright a light appears
depends entirely on whe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1776889949790-KA38K9PP22GG1MV6F5TN/image-asset.jpeg)
![[ ðð ðð ððð ð
ððððð ] ðąððĪ
“I watch my cat sleep
in the glow of my bed lamp,
his legs paddling at nothing.
So I drew what I think he’s dreaming of:
drifting through space,
weightless,
completely unbothered
and with tha](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1776484349955-NLYUIYPHOEBNEEIHU31L/image-asset.jpeg)
![ðģ[ ðð ððĩðē ðĢðŪðŋðļ ] by @afterprovidence ðž
“A series of sweet vignettes on a dog’s day out.
She smells the flowers.
Turning over patches of clover
she runs after a bird with passionate speed.
She looks over other wagging tai](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61221cc1d014a92947659a70/1776314720423-4CE8C9MIK6W6DVRQ3ASP/image-asset.jpeg)
