Weaving a basket with Morgami Jin, Part 3

Weaving a basket with Morgami Jin, Part 3

I felt very grateful to be able to spend a day with Morgami Jin and his family, visiting a bamboo factory, splitting bamboo, and having dinner. It was such a great surprise to find I also was going to get to spend a day with him weaving a basket. His work had already...

Morgami Jin and Nagai Seichiku factory

I left Portland August 4th, very excited by the possibility of meeting artists who work with the same material I do, of visiting bamboo groves, and seeing bamboo used in an everyday setting. Although it wasn’t entirely clear in my mind at the time, looking back, what...
Who Do you Want To Meet in Japan?

Who Do you Want To Meet in Japan?

Yesterday I was in the midst of preparing to teach at the National Basketry Conference and hosting my sister and her two adorable kids when I got an email requesting that I let the film crew from “Who Wants To Come To Japan?” know who I wanted to meet and...