Create your own room decoration where traditional skills and a sense of beauty come alive
This is an experience to make a “Folding Screen (屏風, byobu)” in a mini size. It has decorated Japanese houses for a long time. It is easy to display in modern life. Enjoy combining Japanese paper (和紙, washi) and cloth. You can touch the world of real traditional crafts based on expert skills.
SERVICE STRENGTH
#1. Deep understanding by learning history and structure
#2. Improving your sense through detailed handwork
#3. Making an original work where your personality shines
It is not just a craft. A big feature is learning the history and the unique “Hinge (蝶番, chotsugai)” mechanism. It connects parts only with paper, without using metal. Feel the Japanese sense of beauty directly through delicate work. Please enjoy the joy of finishing a one-of-a-kind art piece.
Experience Details
MOTENAS JAPAN’s mini folding screen making is a program to make a small screen using beautiful Japanese paper and cloth. An expert will support you. It involves detailed work using cutters and glue. However, we teach carefully, so even beginners can join safely.
First, the lesson starts with the history and role of folding screens. You will learn the origin of the name “stopping wind” and how it changed as a tool to divide rooms. Your interest will grow.
Choose Japanese paper and cloth to decorate the surface. You can choose from traditional patterns to modern designs. Finding a combination that fits your image is a very creative experience.
Choose Japanese paper and cloth to decorate the surface. You can choose from traditional patterns to modern designs. Finding a combination that fits your image is a very creative experience.
You will assemble the screen using the “paper hinge” mechanism. This is unique to folding screens. Making this mysterious moving trick with your own hands helps you feel the wisdom and skills of people from long ago.
Finish the decoration, and your one-of-a-kind mini folding screen is complete. Take it home and display it in your room. It will be a nice item that adds Japanese beauty to your space for a long time.
Finish the decoration, and your one-of-a-kind mini folding screen is complete. Take it home and display it in your room. It will be a nice item that adds Japanese beauty to your space for a long time.
