Naritoshi Hoki runs Atelier Hoki with his wife, Miho (left), and staff members Wakana Sugimoto (second from right) and Satomi Matsuura. He collaborates with IEDA Paper-craft to produce washi snowflakes.
With the help of new-generation paper artisans, a 125-year-old Japanese paper company is breathing new life into an age-old washi tradition.
NO matter how beautiful a piece of paper is, it has little worth if it is not utilised in our everyday lives,” muses paper craftsman Naritoshi Hoki, a pragmatist who has devoted nearly half his life to the generations-old washi (Japanese handmade paper) craft.
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