Carrie

The 3 days I spent learning wood carving with Takashi were amazing and extremely memorable. Not only is Takashi a wood carving master (seriously), he was a wonderful teacher in every way explaining carving techniques, tools and how to work with the wood. He’s also a lovely person to be with. He helped me execute the design of my fruit bowl from start - splitting the log! - to finish - carving my name, date, and the Japanese characters for Japan - on the bottom. I had no idea how physical carving a bowl would be (very!), but our conversations about life, science, and general joking around made the time fly by, as did his enthusiasm and encouragement for my every effort.