Note 18 — Metal, Vinyl & Slippers

At Shinohara Metal Workshop, metalwork meets a love of vinyl and Japanese electronic music. The visit begins with an unexpected gesture: changing into slippers before entering a world of craft, art and design.

Oda, Shimane

METAL, VINYL & SLIPPERS
篠原メタル工房 — Shinohara Metal Workshop

Who would have thought that visiting a metal workshop would begin with changing into slippers?


An unexpected introduction to a place where craftsmanship, art and design meet—and where the metalworker also happens to love guitars and Japanese electronic music.


Working with metal involves an understanding of resistance, balance and precision. Here, that practical knowledge meets a designer’s eye for form and an artist’s curiosity about what the material can become.


The slippers are a small detail, but a memorable one. Before discovering the work, we are invited to change how we enter the workshop: shoes off, a moment to pause, and a closer look at the world taking shape inside.


株式会社篠原メタル工房 | Shinohara Metal Koubo