San Juan's Natural Balance House is Ready~

The Natural Balance House is finally finished and furnished!

We are proud to be one of the contributors of Natural Balance House on San Juan Island, of which the interior walls and ceilings is covered with straw-laced Wabi of our Japanese Wall@Zen Wall--- which is 100% non-toxic and non-VOC. Wabi is made not only to look beautiful, but more importantly to enhance healthier indoor environment, by absorbing and disintegrating formaldehyde and VOC. Also not forgetting to mention the beautiful stone finishes throughout the property.

The plastering work of Zen Wall was skillfully done by Berkeley based Level Five's Rye Hudak.

For more information about Natural Balance House, please visit http://www.naturalbalancehouse.com/

Please also visit www.japanesewall.com and b.japanesewall.com for more information.

Together, we help promote green living and create a healthier environment to live in.

PS: We will be posting more photos of the completed work at Blue Ribbon @ The Cosmopolitan Hotel, LV in due course.

Rye Hudak's Works

Rye of Level 5 Design is probably one of the first few J-Wall applicators in the West Coast. He has over 6 years of experience working with Wara Juraku and the other sand-based materials.
Perfect ambience~
See how the wall is not just done in one way? It just takes some creativity and artistic skills to create a wabi sabi beautiful wall.
Like I said before, application can be done on any kind of architecture, any room, any theme. We have so many colors and textures to choose from~
Even ceilings can be applied.
Bling bling feature wall~
Wara Juraku will always be one of my favorite series after Wabi

For more information on Rye's work, please email info@levelfivedesign.com or call 510-665-9013

Photos courtesy of Rye Hudak

Giving Thanks~

With 2009 ticking down, and in conjunction to Thanksgiving season, this is the perfect time to give thanks, especially after a lot of hardship many have gone through this year.

1) THANK YOU to our loyal supporters of J-Wall aka Zen Wall since we revitalized our brand in 2007 - we are afterall over 30 years old

2) THANK YOU to our fellow applicators for all the good work you have done for J-Wall aka Zen Wall. You make J-Wall beautiful on the inside and outside!

3) THANK YOU to our distributors, agents, and dealers worldwide for your continuous advertising, hard work, and selfless supports to present J-Wall aka Zen Wall positively and effectively.

4) THANK YOU to all who have supported our humble efforts to contribute little to make this world a better place to live, by using a clean product to enhance our indoor air quality and contribute to low running cost for exterior finishing.

5) THANK YOU for believing in J-Wall aka Zen Wall.

6) THANK YOU to all the Architects and Designers who have boldly specified our J-Wall aka Zen Wall in your esteemed projects. Your trust and appreciation towards J-Wall will trigger us to work harder to come up with more innovative and beautiful eco-wall products.

The economy may seem rough like the giant tidal waves, but if we continue to generate our positive chi, retain our faith, strength, we can overcome any challenges facing us! I have good feelings about 2010 as J-Wall is continuously being specified in nice jobs. What does that says? Healthier living, more beautiful walls and ceilings.

With the above said, here's a Hug to everyone~

PS: I caught this shot in Bali this Summer ...the message has been conveyed above. cool eh?

J-Wall on GreenSource Magazine November/December 2009 - GreenBuild

If you attended GreenBuild 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona, you'd probably receive a copy of the GreenSource Magazine November/ December issue. Check out J-Wall's new look in its full page ad on Circle 43. Should you require further clarification, please email info@japanesewall.com and log on to www.japanesewall.com for more information.

Wabi in Feugo @ The Maya

The long awaited Feugo restaurant @ Hotel Maya is finally open in July.

The entire setting looks fabulous.
The Black Sumba pebble-washed floor coupled wit Wabi 201(Ichigo) wall and Wabi 13(Kuju) ceilings give a harmonious blend of natural products.

Photo credits: Derek @ Mardero

CeraCube CE201A (Ketoy) Mock-Up for Shemshak Ski Resort Project, Iran

This is the first attempt of CeraCube application in Iran, and as it turns out...good! Of course, Hadi was the key man giving instruction for this mock. CeraCube CE-201A has been chosen as the exterior spray coating for an extraordinary facade design which is to look like gigantic icy glacier in this new ski resort called GOL E YAKH, located in Shemshak which is about 35 miles from Tehran, Iran. GOL E YAKH is translated to "Ice Flower". what beautiful name! I must mention that this project is designed and constructed by Kelvan Architect Group, under the supervision of Dr. A. Ryahi Fard.

Surprised that there is actually real ski resort in Iran? The truth is...Iran isn’t normally the first place anyone would think of when considering ski destinations, but Iran is not just desert, there are some over 13,000 feet mountains and some ski resorts too! Mike wants to ski here too while working on J-Wall. For some reason, there is some unexplainable link between J-wall and Ski. ^^