

Craft
Japanese craftspeople working in areas such as woodwork, metalwork, dyeing and folk arts, dedicate themselves to the pursuit of perfecting their art. Each generation tackles the challenges of mastering and improving age-old techniques to create objects which are renowned across the world for their precision and beauty.
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Video Story | Kumihimo: Dyeing and Preparing the thread
Video Story | Kumihimo: Braiding the thread

Quick Read | Gogatsu Ningyō & Hina - the century-old craft of doll making

Story | Sudō Reiko - Contemporary Japanese Textile Designer

Recorded Event | ‘Collecting and Displaying Japan at the British Museum’

Story | Kintsugi - Japanese Repair Technique

Story | Kokeshi - Japanese Wooden Dolls

Video Story | Japanese Woodworking Techniques: Mageki (Wood-bending)

Video Story | Japanese Woodworking Techniques: The Carpenters' Line

Video Story | Japanese Woodworking Techniques: Joinery

Recorded Event | Aizome Indigo Dyeing - Workshop Visit & Conversation with Higeta Tadashi

Quick Read | Aizome Indigo Dyeing from Mashiko
Video Story | Japanese Woodworking Techniques: Hida Shunkei Lacquerware

Story | Tango Chirimen - Plain-Woven Silk Crêpe

Story | Akabeko Cow - Japanese Folk Toy

Story | Meriyasu: The Rise of Machine-Knitted Fabric

Story | Chiyogami - Hand-Printed Japanese Paper

Story | Takahashi Hiroko

Story | Obata Taku

Story | Japanese Lacquerware

Story | Nara and the Silk Roads

Story | Japanese Ironware Craft by OIGEN

Story | Yoshioka Dyeing Workshop

Story | Komaruya Fans - Japanese Fan Makers

Story | Hida Sangyo - Japanese Wooden Furniture

Story | Japanese Paper - Washi

Story | Kumade

Story | Wrapping

Story | TERADA MOKEI

Story | Metalworking in Tsubame-Sanjo

Story | GYOKUSENDŌ - Tea and Vase Copperware

Story | Mokushikko TOKESHI - Japanese Dishware

Story | Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten

Story | Botanical Ceramics by Hosono Hitomi

Story | Yanagi Sōri

Story | Shotoku Glass

Quick Read | Tamamushi-Nuri – Lacquer Craft Revitalizing Sendai

Quick Read | Natural Washi Dyeing with Yoshioka Sarasa

Quick Read | Japanese blade craftsmanship in Tsubame-Sanjo

Quick Read | Biology of Metal: Metal Craftsmanship in Tsubame-Sanjo

Interview | Making Nuno – textile, curation and design

Interview | Takahashi Hiroko - Textile Artist

Video Story | Biology of Metal: Exhibition Legacy

Recorded Event | The Art of Kintsugi

Recorded Event | Kintsugi – Workshop Visit and Conversation with ZEN’s Watanabe Atsuko

Recorded Event | The Making of 'The Lost Textile of Ryukyu': In Conversation with Director Tsuchie Makiko and Textile Designer Sudō Reiko

Recorded Event | Transnational Curatorial Practices – A Talk by Takahashi Mizuki

Recorded Event | KYOTO Design Lab Series III: Exploring the Scenario of Tango Chirimen

Recorded Event | Kibiso - Textile Sustainability in Yamagata: Workshop Visit & Conversation

Recorded Event | KYOTO Design Lab Series II: Exploring the Surface of Tango Chirimen

Recorded Event | KYOTO Design Lab Series: Exploring the Structure of Tango Chirimen

Recorded Event | Tango Chirimen: Factory Visit & Conversation

Recorded Event | Textile Innovation from Sudō Reiko: Talk & Conversation

Recorded Event | MAKING NUNO at Japan House London: Online Panel Discussion

Recorded Event | Tōhoku Craftsmanship – Kokeshi Workshop Visit

Recorded Event | Mashiko – The New Generation of Contemporary Ceramic Artists

Recorded Event | Make a HIROCOLEDGE Face Covering: Online Demonstration with Takahashi Hiroko

Recorded Event | Mashiko – A Celebration of Hamada Shōji and Bernard Leach

Video Story | Mizuochi Ryoichi - Metal Craftsman

Video Story | Gyokusendō - Japanese Copperware

Interview | Kobayashi Yasuo - Washi Artist

Activity Sheet | How to Make Orizuru (folded paper crane)

Activity Sheet | Six Native Dogs of Japan

Activity Sheet | Tokolo Asao [CONNECT] – Orizuru Origami Worksheet

Activity Sheet | Tokolo Asao [CONNECT] – Nuri-e Colouring-in Worksheet

Recorded Event | Japanese Art of Raden: Conversation & Studio Visit with SIRI SIRI and Matsuda Shōkan

Activity Sheet | Make an Okiagari Kobōshi with an Egg

Activity Sheet | Design Your Own Okiagari Kobōshi

Activity Sheet | Create your own New Year card (nengajō)

Activity Sheet | Create Your Own Koinobori

Activity Sheet | Create your own Hina ningyō (Hina dolls)

Activity Sheet | Design Your Own Kokeshi Wooden Doll