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Join us for a special talk and panel discussion exploring the relationship between humans and trees, an event accompanying Japan House London’s latest exhibition ‘The Carpenters’ Line’ and its story of the densely forested Hida region of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan.
In this event the audience is invited to explore how trees shape our lives and the environment, with Makino Yoshiyuki, researcher and furniture craftsmen from Hida Takayama and Kevin Martin, the Head of Tree Collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is moderated by Japan House London Programming Director Simon Wright.
The panel explores the environmental and medicinal benefits of trees as living organisms as well as the extraordinary properties of wooden objects and the way they can impact and stimulate our well-being and contribute to a sustainable lifestyle. The event also features a demonstration of woodworking techniques using yariganna, or ‘spear plane’, the use of which preserves the wood’s natural water-resistant properties amongst other natural benefits. It is a carpentry tool which has been used for many centuries by woodworkers in Japan.