Keiko Furoshiki combines bold prints with an ancient Japanese tradition. Here’s why I loved using it
Keiko Furoshiki is a family business reimagining the centuries-old Japanese tradition of furoshiki. Furoshiki translates to “bath spread,” a reference to the practice’s origins: using cloth to ...
Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...
When it comes to the holidays, and gift-giving in general, instead of shelling out money for wrapping paper and tape or gift bags and tissue paper, consider something more personal and eco-friendly: ...
Everything nowadays—people and things alike—is labeled according to its meaning or role. Japan’s furoshiki wrapping cloth, despite its infinite possibilities, was caricatured in old television dramas ...
In collaboration with the Seattle Consulate-General of Japan and the King County Library System, local residents learned “Fabulous Furoshiki: A New Twist on an Old Idea” at the Woodinville Library.
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