{"id":27275,"date":"2023-09-13T17:19:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T08:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts-science.com\/en\/?post_type=makers&p=27275"},"modified":"2023-11-17T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:02:22","slug":"masaaki-iijima","status":"publish","type":"makers","link":"https:\/\/arts-science.com\/en\/makers\/masaaki-iijima\/","title":{"rendered":"Masaaki Iijima"},"template":"","makers_category":[86],"acf":{"kana":"","introduction":"In his workshop located in the village of Kisogun in Nagano, bamboo craftsman Masaaki Iijima carries out every exacting step of his basket production. Skillfully selected bamboo from the surrounding mountains is cut into higo strips and colored with natural plant-based dyes. This begins an extended period of contemplation to understand the unique aesthetic characteristics of the bamboo that Iijima will ultimately transform into useful objects using a wide range of traditional Japanese basket weaving techniques, such as twill and armor plaiting.","related_posts":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts-science.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/makers\/27275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts-science.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/makers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts-science.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/makers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts-science.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"makers_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts-science.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/makers_category?post=27275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}