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Pure Joy in Bag Form
Wicker Darling’s figural woven rattan bags
A Wicker Darling bag reminds us that a bag can be a lot more than a simple container; it should essentially be one’s companion for the day.
Suzani, Uzbek embroidered textile
Preserving handwork for the future
Suzani, a cloth embroidered with colorful silk threads that fill the surface, has long been handmade by women in Uzbekistan and other parts of Central Asia.
Inheriting straw craft techniques and turning them into wearable art
Hanase WARA
Momoko Fujii
A graceful, ruffled bracelet. Earrings like leaves that nestle close to the ears. The basis of her creations is a traditional handcraft, straw work.
The Pop and Colorful World of
Pipe Cleaner Craft
Takuma Fujisaki
These Monster Aliens, made solely of colorful and pop pipe cleaners, are the main monsters that comprise Takuma Fujisaki’s “Mogol World.”
Labor and Love, Bead by Bead
“Boozhoo!”
Madison Holler, the founding artist of Rubinski Works based in Minnesota, greeted me with this word as we began conversing via email.
Passing on the Art of Handcrafted Woodblock Prints to the Next Generation
Takezasa-do, a woodblock printing studio-cum-store, established as Takenaka Mokuhan in the Meiji period, occupies a machiya, a traditional wooden townhouse, located in a narrow alleyway of Kyoto.
Beautiful handwork that gives new life to fabric scraps
Laboratorio quattro is known for their patchwork bojagi (or pojagi).
Fabric Animals from a “Nest Box” Studio
There are piles of fabric and yarn on one side of the room, and on the other, hefty vintage books on flora and fauna; treasure troves of inspiration.
The Light Beyond Imperfection
“Kintsugi Kurashi” and the Art of Kintsugi
“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in."
That's how the light gets in."
Everyday life leads to inspiration
Naomi Ashida,Ametsuchi
The desire to create useful objects has long been a source of inspiration.
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