

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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Stories | Sudō Reiko

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

Stories | Kintsugi - Japanese Repair Technique

Stories | Kokeshi - Japanese Wooden Dolls

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

Video Stories | Japanese Woodworking Techniques: The Carpenters' Line

Video Stories | Japanese Woodworking Techniques: Joinery

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

Quick Reads | Aizome Indigo Dyeing from Mashiko

Video Stories | Japanese Woodworking Techniques: Hida Shunkei Lacquerware

Stories | Tango Chirimen - Plain-Woven Silk Crêpe

Stories | Akabeko Cow - Japanese Folk Toy

Stories | Meriyasu: The Rise of Machine-Knitted Fabric

Stories | Chiyogami - Hand-Printed Japanese Paper

Stories | Takahashi Hiroko

Stories | Obata Taku

Stories | Japanese Lacquerware

Stories | Nara and the Silk Roads

Stories | Japanese Ironware Craft by OIGEN

Stories | Yoshioka Dyeing Workshop

Stories | Komaruya Fans

Stories | Hida Sangyo - Japanese Wooden Furniture

Stories | Japanese Paper - Washi

Stories | Kumade

Stories | Wrapping

Stories | TERADA MOKEI

Stories | Metalworking in Tsubame-Sanjo

Stories | GYOKUSENDŌ - Tea and Vase Copperware

Stories | Mokushikko TOKESHI

Stories | Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten

Stories | Botanical Ceramics by Hosono Hitomi

Stories | Yanagi Sōri

Stories | Shotoku Glass

Quick Reads | Tamamushi-Nuri – Lacquer Craft Revitalizing Sendai

Quick Reads | Natural Washi Dyeing with Yoshioka Sarasa

Quick Reads | Japanese blade craftsmanship in Tsubame-Sanjo

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

Interviews | Making Nuno – textile, curation and design

Interviews | Takahashi Hiroko - Textile Artist

Video Stories | Biology of Metal: Exhibition Legacy

Recorded Events | The Art of Kintsugi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recorded Events | Tango Chirimen: Factory Visit & Conversation

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

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

Recorded Events | Tōhoku Craftsmanship – Kokeshi Workshop Visit

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

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

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

Video Stories | Mizuochi Ryoichi - Metal Craftsman

Video Stories | Gyokusendō - Metal Craft

Interviews | Kobayashi Yasuo - Washi Artist

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

Activity Sheets | Six Native Dogs of Japan

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

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

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

Activity Sheets | Make an Okiagari Kobōshi with an Egg

Activity Sheets | Design Your Own Okiagari Kobōshi

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

Activity Sheets | Create Your Own Koinobori

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

Activity Sheets | Design Your Own Kokeshi