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