Cozy Japan Vol. 20

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Cozy Japan Vol. 20: Craft Workshops & Makers' Studios — Bold & Easy Coloring Book

Created in Japan, by a Japanese author and a Japanese publisher — spend one cozy day among the workshops of Japan: shaping clay on the potter's wheel in the morning, planing wood and weaving bamboo, sitting with the indigo dye vats and the big loom at noon, making paper and printing woodblocks in the afternoon, and finishing beside the glass furnace and the quiet work lamp at night. One whole day of making things, one page at a time!

This twentieth volume lives entirely in the workshops: potter's wheels, kilns and shelves of happy pots; workbenches, saws, planes and bamboo baskets; dye vats, looms, spinning wheels and sewing baskets; papermaking frames, woodblocks, brushes and paper lanterns being born; glass furnaces, kettle forges, clockmaker's gears and the finished shelf at night. (Earlier volumes showed tools only as small props inside other themes; this volume makes the workshops themselves the theme. Unlike heavy, detailed adult coloring books, every page here is bold and easy.)

All 100 pictures are brand new — nothing is repeated from Vol. 1 through Vol. 19. Every picture is drawn with bold, thick lines and big, simple shapes — no tiny details, no stress. Even the evening and night scenes are drawn bright on white paper, so you can color them in any colors you love. Perfect for beginners, kids, seniors, and anyone who colors to relax and unwind.

Learn Japanese while you color! Every picture shows its English name, its Japanese name, and how to pronounce it. By the last page you will know 100 workshop and making words — rokuro, kama, nokogiri, kanna, shokki, mishin, fude and more — without even trying.

Find the tiny spool of thread! One tiny spool of thread keeps appearing all through the book — smiling on the pottery shelf, resting on the woodwork bench, sitting on the big loom, hiding among the brushes, perched on the papermaking frame, smiling under the work lamp, and saying goodnight on the workbench at the end. It appears on 7 pages (pages 24, 44, 64, 76, 84, 101 and 104). Can you spot it every time?

Why this book? 100 pictures — 2.5 times the 40 pages of standard coloring books, all in one connected cozy day of making Bold & easy: thick lines, large areas, friendly faces — plus small background motifs for a little extra coloring joy Japanese + English names on every page (a feature cozy coloring books usually don't have) Five chapters = one day of making: Pottery & Clay Studios / Wood & Bamboo Workshops / Dyeing, Weaving & Sewing Rooms / Paper, Print & Brush Workshops / Glass, Metal & the Night Workshop Color test page included — try your pens before you start Made in Japan: written and published in Japan by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, author Aki Wakamatsu

Print your favorite pages again and again, color at your own pace, and enjoy a warm, cozy day in the workshops of Japan.