The craft of japanese wooden boatbuilding continuing the craft of japanese boatbuilding - q&a with boatbuilder, writer & researcher, douglas brooks. a very small sabani a type of semi-dugout once used for fishing in okinawa.. This is the story of my apprenticeships with japanese masters to build five unique and endangered traditional boats. it is part ethnography, part instruction, and part my personal reflections on preserving a craft tradition on the brink of extinction.. Douglas brooks is a boatbuilder, writer, and researcher specializing in traditional wooden boats. since 1996 he has been documenting traditional japanese boatbuilding. he has worked alongside seven craftsmen building eight types of boats. he is the sole apprentice for six of his seven... read more →.
This is the story of the author's apprenticeships with japanese masters to build five unique and endangered traditional boats. it is part ethnography, part instruction, and part the personal story of a wooden boatbuilder fueled by a passion to preserve a craft tradition on the brink of extinction.. The urayasu bekabune was my first foray into scratch building a model of a traditional japanese boat or wasen. i chose the subject because of my contact with american boatbuilder douglas brooks, who has been studying japanese boatbuilding methods from japanese master boat builders for more than a 15 years.. Douglas brooks works with ryujin shimojo to build a sabani in december 2009 as the american boat builder chronicles the craft of building a traditional, wooden okinawa fishing boat..
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