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