Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Craft Making in Hakkaido

This pictured was taken with a Japanese crafter maker at a workshop in Japan where I had a trip with my family. It was a morning when I saw a advertisement in a occasional magazine for traveler. I whimsically told my parents that I wanted to go there and learn this craft making with wool. So finished breakfast earlier and looked at the advertisement more carefully while waiting for them. I told them to follow me. Then I first took them to take the JR train to Sapporo, and ask for the way at the information center. In addition I asked the lady to book the schedule for this craft tutor. Then we took a bus to the mall. It's not easy to travel in such a busy city where there're over 10 bus platforms each with several bus lines, with names that all looked almost the same to me. I was excited when I finally got there. I spent a little time choosing what I wanted to make, and then he, the crafter, helped me get the materials, cluster of woven. Then he taught me some basic steps to make shapes. After making the head, body, arms and legs for about one and half hours, I felt tired to follow the model I chose. I started to add things to my cute bunny. I gave her a pair of white wings, let her hold a red heart, and made her a neckless. I guess, like me, he liked my bunny so much that he took a picture of it and posted on his blog!

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