Japanese Wooden Tray Workshop

Wooden tray making with Japanese traditional pattern

In this workshop, we will make a wooden tray with Japanese traditional pattern Asanoha麻の葉 and Kikko亀甲. They are one of the 1000 Monyo patterns from Japan. The color of choise is all yours!

10:00 Welcoming, receiving the material
10:15 Start

1. Theory of Monyo 10 mins
2. Sanding 30 mins
3. Staining 20 mins
4. Picking color pieces 15 mins

11:30
Break 15 mins

11:45
6. Placing pieces and glueing 30 mins
7. Assembly of Tray frame 30 mins

12:45
Cleanning

13:00
End of the Workshop

Instructor: Maya Utsunomiya

Participation fee: 45 Euro

Registration is required.

Material specifiation: Birch plywood, stained with natural oil

Language
English

Product size: 300mm(W) x 300mm(D) x 25mm(H)

About Maya Utsunomiya Dipl.-Ing.
Maya is a licensed Japanese architect based in Berlin and founder of wanowa.
She has practiced at Architecture offices in different cities such as Commune design in Los Angeles, Shigeru Ban architects in Paris and VUILD Architects in Tokyo. She currently runs a design praxis in Berlin. Her main focus has been wood construction using digital fabrication. As a life work she dedicates in community building through japanese ‘Monozukuri’, aiming to connect people beyond language barriers.