by Charissa | Sep 14, 2017 | blog
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...
by Charissa | Sep 12, 2017 | blog
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...
by Charissa | Sep 11, 2017 | blog
Soon I will be taking off on a trip I’ve been wishing to take since I first found bamboo, in 1999. A while back I contacted a company who produces a television show called “Who wants to come to Japan?”. After some exciting email exchanges, a film...