SPOKANE, Wash.- Harold Balazs, the Spokane sculpture artist who gained international acclaim for his modern works, designed the Riverfront Park Japanese lantern sculpture for Expo ‘74. The imposing ...
Resembling sea urchins plucked from the deep, these lanterns are in fact made from fabric that has been twisted, compressed, and bound into precise patterns using shibori, a traditional Japanese ...
NOGUCHI MUSEUM: In Long Island City (Queens), N.Y.; www.noguchi.org. Akari can be ordered from shop.noguchi.org/akari.html. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE HOME: In Abiquiu, N.M ...
The YURAGI LIGHT series by Ando blends the traditional Japanese bentwood craft with washi paper to create this beautiful tabletop luminary.