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...Yamada maintains some traditions, however. About half of his wares are still produced from wood and natural urushi lacquer by craftsmen in the Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures beside the Sea of Japan, where the moist air creates ideal conditions for varnishing. Yamada Heiando also remains a purveyor of lacquer ware to the Imperial Household Agency. Does that mean Japan's royals will be trying out Yamada Heiando's newfangled goods, like its natty lacquer cuff links? "I'd like them to," Yamada says, "but it's not so easy." Commoners, on the other hand, can't get enough...
...still midmorning in Malawi when we arrive at a small village, Nthandire, about an hour outside of Lilongwe, the capital. We have come over dirt roads, passing women and children walking barefoot with water jugs, wood for fuel, and other bundles. The midmorning temperature is sweltering. In this subsistence maize-growing region of a poor, landlocked country in southern Africa, families cling to life on an unforgiving terrain. This year has been a lot more difficult than usual because the rains have failed. The crops are withering in the fields that we pass...
...will pass the exams will be unable to take a position in a secondary school because of lack of money for tuition, uniforms and supplies. Nonetheless, to boost the fortitude of the eighth-graders during the critical examination year, the community provides them with a midday meal, cooked with wood and water the students bring from home. Alas, the community is currently unable to provide midday meals for the younger children, who must fend for themselves...
...years back, Sauri's residents cooked with locally collected wood, but the decline in the number of trees has left the area bereft of sufficient fuel. Villagers said that they now buy pieces of fuel wood in Yala or Muhanda, a bundle of seven sticks costing around 30¢. Not only are seven sticks barely enough to cook one meal, but for a lack of 30¢, many villagers had in fact reverted to cooking with cow dung or to eating uncooked meals...
Mather also features a wood-turning studio, where students can shape bowls and vases on a lathe. Instructor Alan Hark (harvardwoodturning@yahoo.com) frequently offers classes and demonstrations at $75 for Mather students and $100 for Harvard affiliates...