Karakuri

The creation of our own little letterpress shop (www.districtdogsdesigns.com), sparked my renewed interest in art around the world.  Surfing the web for inspiration for our upcoming Easter cards I stumbled upon this little video http://vimeo.com/24412432.  Karakuri are hand-made Japanese puppet ‘robots’ from the 17th – 19th century.  Check out the patience with which this gentleman produces this delicate artwork!  Not many Japanese doing this anymore….

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