The soul of a tree : a woodworker's reflections
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The soul of a tree : a woodworker's reflections
Kodansha International, 1988, c1981
[1st pbk. ed.]
- : US
- : Japan
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"First edition, 1981"--T.p. verso
Colophon in Japanese
Bibliography: p. 207-211
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A master woodworker, George Nakashima, shares his experiences, techniques and devotion to his medium in this text. A beautiful book in which this remarkable Japanese American craftsman and philosopher impresses us with his devotion to discovering the inherent beauty of wood so that noble trees might have a second life as furniture. The first part of this meditative book reveals the development of Nakashima as a spiritual artist and the influence of life in an Indian ashram in the 1930's. The second reveals the inner truth and nature of the different trees with which he works,
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