This episode focuses on new strategies being employed to make traditional Japanese crafts more appealing to a broader range of consumers. *Subtitles and transcripts are available for video ...
"When I'm making a temari ball, I sometimes feel my late grandmother's presence," says Sydney-based Chihiro Kownacki who teaches the craft. Temari balls are a traditional Japanese craft and date ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Each of these Japanese art forms has been passed down for generations.From amezaiku, which is candy, and sampuru, which are fake food samples, to wagasa umbrellas ...
Yellin hopes that with the popularity of these works overseas, the Japanese populace will return, realizing the beauty that they possess but are critically on the verge of losing. For that resurgence ...
Efforts to create a new wave of interest in Japanese art and design in Europe are in full flow as the value of their domestic ...