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Japanese interiors – updated traditional farmhouses

LB — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:57:17 +0000

The photo above shows the central living area of a rural farmhouse on the border of Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures. The house was restored by Kenji Tsuchisawa who bought it as a rundown heap when he was only 20, after seeing a photograph of a traditional Japanese farmhouse on a Tokyo magazine cover.

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Functional weavings by Diane Thorp

LB — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:18:14 +0000

It would be a cliche but probably also true to say weaving is an endangered or at least increasingly uncommon art, so I’m always excited when I see being done, especially locally. Diane Thorp is a weaver from Vancouver Island whose work has been widely exhibited and has been featured in Fiberarts Magazine and other places.

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Make your own Japanese shop banners.

LB — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:12:54 +0000

These textile shop banners are common in Japan. Given how easy they are to install and how much more beautiful they are than typical signage, it seems strange that they haven’t been widely copied.

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