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Check-in with Yo Takimoto - A message from Japan! (07.15.2020) - tortoise general store

Check-in with Yo Takimoto - A message from Japan! (07.15.2020)

  We last spoke to Yo back in March when Yo arrived from Japan to teach a spring session of woodcarving classes.  Unfortunately, Yo had...

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Check-In with Tomoro Pottery's Tomoko Morisaki During Safer at Home - tortoise general store

Check-In with Tomoro Pottery's Tomoko Morisaki During Safer at Home

Tomoko Morisaki works quietly inside a converted garage in Torrance California, her hands coated in slip (clay liquid) as she gently raises a bowl on...

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Preserving and Re-imaging Japanese Craft with F/style - tortoise general store

Preserving and Re-imaging Japanese Craft with F/style

Emi Igarashi and Wakana Hoshino, both born in Niigata Japan, co-founded the brand 'F/style' in 2001. Photo by Kentaro Kase/Photo Kentaro Kase/©Kentaro Kase: Both graduates from...

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