Dutch artist Aldo Bakker used a 12,000-year-old Japanese technique to create a series of lacquered objects currently on show at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City.
The works are among 10 pieces, including seats and tables, featured in Bakker's Slow Motion exhibition at the Manhattan gallery.

Bakker used a range of finishes to create the designs in a variety of colours and abstract shapes. These include stone, marble, basalt and urushi lacquer ? a glossy, protective coating that has been used in Japan for centuries.
For his urushi pieces, Bakker enlisted the help Russian craftsman Sergey Karilof, who has mastered the traditional technique.
"This is an ancient craft; a very rich tradition," Bakker told Dezeen.

Urushi is found in the sap of trees native to Japan, China and Korea, which includes a resin that hardens over time to offer a protective layering. It is applied to objects by hand in layers and left to dry. The duo chose to use foam as the base to prevent the urushi cracking during this process.

Typically, urushi is pigmented either black or a burnt orange, as seen in Bakker's 4PRTS piece. The designer also sought to introduce a whole range of hues to the collection, with pieces like the olive green Console/Table, whose top resembles a cylinder cut in half.
"When you use this material, there are hundreds of different techniques, so we can do so many things and it's very durable," Karilof said.
"We made use of all colours that we...