Lacquer is usually for precious, pricey stuff. Think handcrafted bowls and serving trays, religious artefacts in museum collections, and the facades of old shrines, temples and other architectural ...
STROLLING HIS REMOTE, 5-acre Seabeck property, where it smells like fresh-cut Christmas every single day, Makoto Imai imparts his craft, and the practiced, intensive process behind it, one structure ...
Ashland has a tree controversy and the fate of two Douglas firs, planted by Boy Scouts a century ago, has halted a $1.3 million donation to create an authentic Japanese garden in the 100-acre downtown ...