Meet the Makers
The Kyushu Crafts Club presents the stories and products of fourteen innovative makers living and working on the island of Kyushu.
Hakata-ori DC
Building the next generation of silk weavers
Tsutsui Tokimasa Fireworks
The firework maker who saved native production of senko hanabi sparklers
Ureshino Chadoki
Sip local tea from handmade ceramics deep in the forests of Ureshino
Yamanote
Meet the youngest lantern maker in Japan's history
Ikeda Kasuri Kobo
Saving the craft from extinction
Yakuzen Komachi
The medicinal power of food
Takarajima Senkou
Shaking up the Japanese Textile Industry
Yotsume Dyehouse
Ornaments for everyday life
Rakushindo-Hompo
Colourful Candy for Non-Humans
Beppu Project
The city that’s bubbling over with art and creativity
Kentaro Kiln
Ceramic Innovation Treads Playfully Along the Boundaries of Tradition
Nao Tesuki Washi
7th-generation maker brings washi to the 21st century
Ryumonjiyaki Pottery Union
The kiln upholding the Satsuma ware tradition
Makurazaki Dried Bonito
Umami — the taste of Japan
Mini-Documentary
Take a peek inside the daily lives of five talented makers.
Exhibition Programme
The Kyushu Crafts Club is taking place 10—16 December 2020 at Club Shop in Amsterdam.