Woven-Words

I sent a link to my last post about manhole covers to my Japanese friends, and they directed me to this website, which got me wildly excited. I selected a few of the manhole covers that have Japanese woodcarving interest to share here.

Butterfly	From Tokyo
Himeji	Hiroshima
Takeshima	Kobe
Ofunato City

With more research I discovered how a manhole cover is made and how much Japanese people utilize manhole covers as an outlet for design. Below is the picture of a prizewinning manhole cover design and some pictures of how manhole covers are made and recycled.

Manhole Cover Design

Carving a Manhole Cover

Manhole Cover Recycling

Tagged: art, design, inspiration, Japan, manhole covers, travel, woodcarving

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