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Books about bamboo baskets, contemporary Japanese and American bamboo
artists, weave patterns, growing habits of bamboo, bamboo museums, bamboo
basketry techniques, basketmaking supplies with sources for a wide range of bamboo species
used in basketweaving.
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Basketmaker In Rural Japan
by Louise Allison Cort
An illustrated exhibit catalog featuring the life work of Hiroshima Kazuo, a master bamboo
craftsman, the last professional basketmaker in the mountainous Hinokage region on the
Japanese island of Kyushu. Paperback.
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Bamboo
In Japan
by Nancy Bess Moore
Internationally known basket artist writes about the culture and uses of bamboo
in Japan.
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Bamboo Baskets
by Maggie Oster
Shows the art & craft of the bamboo basket & its companion arts -- Ikebana
(flower arranging) & the tea ceremony. Discusses the Japanese philosophy of art
& traces it as related to bamboo as a raw material, to Ikebana, to the tea
ceremony, & to the tokonoma, an alcove in traditional Japanese rooms where
flower arrangements are displayed. Discusses selection & preparation of raw
bamboo; basket styles, shapes & wrapping techniques; & where to obtain fine
baskets & how to care for them. Introduction by Marilyn Marinaccio. Hardcover.
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Hin:
The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Bamboo Art
Contributing authors: Robert T. Coffland and Donald Doe
Bamboo basket making is a practice that has been around for thousands of
years and is still admired to this day. Hin: The work of 37 modern Japanese bamboo
basket makers is celebrated. Included here are two essays, one discussing Japanese
baskets as an art form, and another on bamboo collecting in the west.
Photographs illustrate the stunning detail of each piece. Also included
is an index of artists and their biographies. Also available in
paperback.
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New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters Exhibit Catalog
by Joe Earle (Author)
New Bamboo is the world's first exhibition devoted
exclusively to Japanese bamboo as a sculptural medium, featuring 23
innovators, old and young, who explore to the full the tension between
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