Looking at some of the designs produced by the Japanese Yosegi-zaiku marquetry technique, you'd be forgiven for assuming they were printed out, or cut by a CNC machine. But as this video shows, this art form created during the Edo period (1600 to 1800) in the Hakone area of Japan, is done entirely by hand.

The painstaking technique uses blades built into wood slabs to create precise wooden pieces that are slowly stuck together until they form intricate mosaics. Slices of these wooden designs are then often used to decorate the outsides of "puzzle boxes," which require a number of clever moves to be opened.

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It's amazing to watch this kind of craftsmanship performed in the modern world, and we can only hope the tradition will continue to be passed on.

Source: 伝統工芸 青山スクエア via Core77

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