Make a round friendship bracelet or anklet using Kumihimo, a Japanese braiding technique. It's super easy. Grab your favorite colors of thread, a Kumihimo foam disk and you'll be whipping up a new ...

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Ryuta Fukuda is seen creating a braided kumihimo item at Ryukobo in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Feb. 12, 2020. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida) TOKYO -- Spools hitting against one another create gentle echoes ...

A colourful and insightful exhibition, uncovering the past, present and possible futures of kumihimo, an intricate, decorative type of Japanese cord, braided from hand-dyed silk threads. From the ...

What is Kumihimo? The ancient Japanese braiding technique, resulting in an intricate, decorative cord made of hand-dyed silk threads is now the subject of an extensive exhibition, 'Kumihimo: Japanese ...