木工品

3月30日（火）曇時々雨

飛騨高山にも東北にも多くの木地師がいて優れた木工品を創っていましたが、それも昔話。乱伐のため良い大木がなくなり伝統技術も途絶えつつあります。豪州は砂漠の国ですが東海岸は豊富な木材の生産地。特に熱帯のテーブルランドは大木の産地。あちこちに木工品の工房があり、洗練されたデザインの家具や置物や大皿などが安く手に入ります。木製の花瓶を買ったら昔の巨木伐採の絵葉書が無料サービス。

飛騨高山

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Wood work
Tue. March 30 : cloudy occasionally rainy

There used be a lot of woodworkers in Hida-Takayama and Tohoku areas but it is an old story now. The traditional technique has been dying out as a result of reckless deforestation that had taken good trees away. Australia is basically a desert country but its east coast yields a plenty of timber. Especially, the tropical Table Land supplies big wood. There are wood workshops here and there and you can find sophisticated furniture, ornaments and large plates with reasonable prices. I bought a woody vase and the shopper handed me a free post card of the big tree cutting from old days.

Hida-Takayama