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I am running a blog to record the build up to the event and will continue to blog live from Japan whilst the building takes place from 7-21 August 2010. In addition I plan to make a short documentary film on my return for entry into various documentary film festivals. This is a new venture for me and I am very excited by it!
Kesurokai
Kesurokai was started in Japan in 1995 by the highly respected temple carpenter Sugimura San. His aim was to bring together different craftsmen who normally work remotely to exchange traditional craft techniques and knowledge.
The events were brought to Europe through Hannes Schnelle, a German carpenter who spent a significant period of time working in Japan, becoming Sugimura San’s last apprentice before semi-retirement. In 2005 and 2007 he organised Kesurokai in Germany bringing together craftsmen from a wide range of European countries along with a delegation of Japanese craftsmen led by Sugimura San.
In 2010 Chisana (little) Kesurokai will see a return trip, with a group of thirty European craftsmen travelling to Japan to work with their Japanese compatriots building a traditional tea house. I shall accompany them, both to observe as part of my research into the transfer of craft knowledge, and to document the event.
