ALLBLUE CRAFT — Denim cloth, into craft you can hold.

From cloth, into vessels.

The denim worn as clothing — now placed into the palm, as part of daily life.

Fabric-bonded molding (nuno-bari seikei) is a technique where a piece of denim is laid by hand onto a pre-molded resin substrate, and sealed with polyester resin to form a finished surface. The texture of the weave, the irregularity of the dye, the breath of the cloth itself — all preserved as the form turns hard.

Each cloth has its own personality. Even in the same shape, no two pieces wear the same expression. The colour deepens with use, and the form settles into the hand.

Collection

No. 01 — COASTER

Denim Coaster

The expression of woven cloth, condensed into a palm-sized form. Holding the weight of a glass while bringing a stroke of indigo to the table.

Size: φ 100 × H8 mm
Material: ALLBLUE denim / polyester resin substrate
Price: To be announced

No. 02 — ACCESSORY TRAY

Denim Accessory Tray

A resting place for rings, earrings, watches. By the entrance, a dish for keys and coins. A tray for the hands at the start and end of each day.

Size: W180 × D70 × H15 mm
Material: ALLBLUE denim / polyester resin substrate
Price: To be announced

Cafe tray — light blue colorway, back side

No. 03 — CAFE TRAY

Denim Cafe Tray

One coffee, one small dish of sweets. Sized to carry a single café setting to the hand. For service, for tabletop display, or simply for stillness.

Size: W214 × D125 × H10 mm
Material: ALLBLUE denim / polyester resin substrate
Price: To be announced

No. 04 — SOAP

Indigo & Salt Soap

Authentic indigo from Tokushima. Sea salt from Kojima. Lemon from Kurashiki. Three local ingredients that quietly support the work of ALLBLUE, sealed into a single bar.

Size: W40 × D40 × H15 mm (30 g)
Sourcing: Indigo (Tokushima) / Salt (Kojima) / Lemon (Kurashiki)
Ingredients: Aqua, Soap base, Indigo (Polygonum tinctorium) leaf/stem extract, Lemon fruit extract, Lemon fruit oil, Sodium chloride, Gardenia blue
Price: To be announced

How it is made.

Choosing the cloth

From the ALLBLUE archive, a single piece of fabric is chosen to answer the form and intention of each vessel. Weave density and dye depth shape the final expression.

Bonding to the substrate

The cloth is laid by hand onto a pre-formed resin substrate and sealed with polyester resin to form the surface layer. Hand-finished by artisans in Wakayama, in a tradition rooted in Kishu-shikki lacquerware.

Finishing

A urethane top coat balances strength and texture for everyday use. Resistant to water and stains; care is simply wiping clean. Each piece is checked individually before completion.

Cloth that was meant to be discarded — now, vessels.

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Remnant Fabric

The unused ends of cloth produced through denim manufacturing. Too short to be sold as bolts, yet more than enough for a single vessel.

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Sample Weaves

Short test bolts woven to trial new structures and dyes. Fabric that would otherwise sleep in the warehouse, never reaching market. Their rare expression suits one-of-a-kind craft.

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Archive Fabric

Leftover bolts from past seasons, and fabrics retired from sale. A way of finishing — not discarding — the history that ALLBLUE has accumulated.

Each piece uses different cloth.
Even within the same product, colour and weave will differ — a quiet pleasure of working with reused fabric.

Why seal denim into vessels?

ALLBLUE is a denim textile converter in Kojima, Okayama — Japan's centre of denim manufacturing. Beyond denim as a material for clothing, we have always wanted to share the richness of the cloth itself.

A few metres left on a bolt. A short trial weave. A retired archive fabric. Cloth that was meant to be discarded — meeting the fabric-bonding tradition of Wakayama, and being given a new form that the hand can hold.

The work in every thread, in every weave, offered in a different shape, kept close for longer. This small collection began from that wish.

Denim cloth, intocraft you can hold.