Fifteen years after a previous visit, the country seemed much busier in places, but noticeably cheaper than the UK ...

Endo became a student of the master craftsman and trained under him, and so he gradually gained the ability to shape the koma as he liked. Pentagonal koma are cut from beautifully grained Japanese ...

In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses the raw material of his practice: a five-foot-long, two-inch-thick plank of ...

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these ...

Hanspeter Winklmayr, affectionately known as HP, is an Austrian master craftsman who brought his centuries-old heritage of leathercraft to South Africa in 1981. With a lineage of more than 10 ...

Over time, this can protect against burnout and memory loss. Japanese wellness experts believe that this mental spaciousness gives the brain a chance to “reset,” which helps improve creativity ...

Becoming the master of drifting takes skill, but as is always the case when machinery is involved, the top is only reachable with the right ride. In JDM: Japanese Drift Master, you'll need to get ...

Five days before he received the GPHG prize on Nov. 13 last year, Katayama was recognized as a “gendai no meiko” (contemporary master craftsman) by the labor ministry of Japan. Then ...

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