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    JAPAN(EASY)

    Feb 25, 2019 2 minutes
    crafts and styling CARIN SMITH
    photos ED O’RILEY
    USE THESE JAPANESE-INSPIRED CRAFT TECHNIQUES TO CALM YOUR MIND AND FEED YOUR IKIGAI – THE JAPANESE TERM FOR THE HOBBY OR PASSION THAT GIVES MEANING TO YOUR LIFE.

    ORIGAMI DOLL

    (SHIORI NINGYO)

    DIFFICULTY: easy

    TIME: 30 minutes

    Use the template on page 105 to cut out the various pieces needed to fold your own kimono-clad shiori ningyo (literally ‘bookmark dolls’). Use Japanese-patterned strong

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