But as Japan developed into a modern industrial nation, washi was replaced by other types of paper that were more cost-effective to mass produce. Most screen doors today, for example, use machine ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that ... the retail director at Craft Contemporary who is Japanese-American and grew up watching her mother use furoshiki. Furoshiki doesn't necessarily require ...

host to this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, Kenji Tanaka has been perfecting his latest Formula One paper model that he hopes will draw international interest to a centuries-old craft. Born in ...

First emerging in Japan in the ... wood, paper and wearable art. In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses the ...

includes a newly integrated master class in traditional Japanese crafts such as making washi paper or shimekazari, traditional Japanese New Year decorations fashioned from rice straw and hung to ...

Mingei, in the vein of the British Arts and Crafts movement before it, was a response to rapid industrialization in Japan. Mingei argued ... warmth of the wood [and use] words like ‘comforting ...