Crafting Traditional Bamboo Fans

Let's do it. One, two, three. And this color. This is the base. If it's reddish, it's OK. Here we go. Bamboo, Uchiwa, uses Matake. Bamboo like this. First, this part. This work is called Uchimi-otoru. Uchimi-otoru means this thickness is 3mm. Uchimi-otoru means 2.7mm to 3mm. After this, we'll use Waki-ki. There is a way to do it, but I'll do it like this until the end. I've only done this much. Bamboo is made of fibers, so if you do it as if it were cotton, the thickness will go down. After doing this much, it will look like this. Depending on the craftsman, there is a slight difference, but it's about 3mm. This part is 0.5mm. I'll do it like this. After doing this much, I'll make a hole here. After making a hole, I'll draw a picture so that it's easy to hold. This is called Yumikama. I'll put this in. After doing this much, I'll make a hole with a thread. I'll make a hole alternately. Bamboo is made of so I'll use the power of the bamboo to make a hole alternately from both sides. If I put the power it will be flat. This is 0.5mm. This width is 3mm. I'm aiming for this. This is the basis for making bamboo bones. The craftsman will do this much, and I'll roughly divide it and make the bones. I'll go to a needle shop and put it down at the needle shop. In the old days, I used to do that kind of work. Recently, I don't do mass production because I'm pushed by plastic. I don't want to lose to plastic, so I do this kind of work by hand. I do it in a way or a small production. I'm doing it in that direction. I'm Motoshi Nakata, I wasn't very conscious about my age. However, ordinary people tend to do what they like I thought I could do that when I was 30, or I could do that when I was 40. So I didn't have the feeling of doing what I wanted to do. I met a lot of people and talked to them. One day, I read an article about a woman called Hayakawa, of Harusagyo, and I decided to meet her. When I visited her house, she listened to me and introduced the chairman of the team to me. At that time, as a teacher, I joined Nishimoto's workplace and started to make traditional crafts. Nowadays, when there are few craftsmen, I make crafts from cutting materials to designing the design of the I sometimes make uchiwa and it doesn't sell well, but I enjoy It's self-expression. I don't just make it as a volunteer, but I'm also interested in how people buy it and how people evaluate it. I think it's especially worth it. The problem is that even if you make a good bamboo bone and a good needle, the design of the uchiwa is important. Even the bamboo bone I made for the first time doesn't attract people. For example, when I first met a person, I didn't think what was going on inside his bones, so I used Japanese paper that I thought was good while facing If I like this hanga, I go to the person I like a little by little until today So if I don't like it, I can quit today I started from the beginning If I don't like it, I quit I don't like it From this Itoyama, about 1 cm down to the end, sew like this about 1 cm Turn it over and put glue on the paper About 2 cm down sew The gap between this Itoyama and this Itoyama is about 7-8 mm Put it in the middle This is 7-8 mm Put it so that it fits the paper below It's called Sasaragake, but it's called Tawashi front, front, front This is the back side This is also front, front, front This is the back side sew from the bottom This is called Hamaguri so that it fits the paper Hold it firmly 1, 2, 3 Next, cut this side This is the part that hasn't been melted Make the glue bigger and make the glue a little thicker You can't tear it by hand It's a solid paper Even if it's so thin, you can't tear it by hand so use scissors Put it on so that it comes to the middle so that it comes to the middle This is the hardest part for those who are It seems to be the most fun to hit To be honest, I don't have the courage to follow the tradition I want my children to do it Tradition is one of the things that I want to create using scissors and using bamboo what I imagined and what I want to make Use your actual hand to create There's a lot like that But in reality, it's hard to make a living by making money I don't know if we'll be able to do it, but if we develop it, I think we'll be able to prove it in the next 20 years. Basically, it's about creativity and self-expression. I'm Yamada from the Kagawa Prefecture Uchiwa Cooperative Association. This is the Uchiwa Port Museum. This is the Uchiwa Port Museum in Marugame. Today, it has been transformed into a machine-cutting Uchiwa, but in the past, we had to continue the technology of bamboo Uchiwa. In that sense, we hold a technique and technique course once a year. It will be held from November to December. This is the 23rd time this year, so it will be the 23rd year. The content of the training is to learn the production process of Marugame Uchiwa for about a month. I'm going to work at an advertising agency next year, so I'm going to do a lot of PR, advertising, and events. I applied because I wanted to try the traditional craft that I originally liked. I think there are a lot of traditional crafts, but there is one that everyone can use. I think it's good to be able to see the whole production process. For example, in the case of lacquer painting, wood is made and painted. I think it's good to see it as a whole. I also like Uchiwa, so that's the most important thing. I'm not in the generation where I sharpened with a pencil, so it's quite difficult. It's all difficult, but it's all fun. I can learn a lot of things that are completely different from what I've learned so far. I like that kind of thing, so it's really fun. They are very kind people. They teach me every day. When they perform, they make it beautifully. I think it's amazing, so I teach them every day.