I was born in a rural fishing village in northeastern Japan. Like lightning, I hope to keep my feet on the ground and my thoughts in the sky as I sew and hammer my way through life. My interest in traditional crafts was sparked when I saw images of wooden Japanese fishing boats. I am also influenced by Scandinavian crafts, which I studied during an immersive 10 month internship.

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Seventeenth-century joined furniture; green wood, hand tools. Hand Tools, Green Wood. Spoons and Furniture For Sale; March 2018. This is good for me, but hard for those trying to get hold of me.

The first international celebration of the carved wooden spoon. TICKETS GO ON SALE Saturday 11th April 11am. SPOONFEST 2015 is coming up July 31st -August 2nd, with the Prefest courses running July 28th -30th. Tickets for the main event sold out in a few days though we reserve a few for folk who are also coming on a prefest course, see courses page for details. The Pre-fest courses running 28th, 29th, 30th July.

Saturday, February 14, 2015. Why did all of this end? This has gotten me thinking about spoon design. What are the proportions that work best for eating spoons? What is the unit of measurement? .

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