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Kyoto Bijutsu Kogei University – Crafts
京都美術工芸大学 芸術学部 デザイン・工芸学科 工芸領域 (Kyoto Bijutsu Kogei University, KYOBI)
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In short
Kyoto Bijutsu Kogei University (KYOBI) is a private university that opened in 2012, with campuses in Higashiyama, Kyoto, and in Sonobe, Nantan; its Faculty of Arts was established in 2023. The crafts area of the Department of Design and Crafts has three courses: ceramics, from wheel-throwing, hand-building and plaster moulds to glazes and firing; woodworking and sculpture, covering joinery (sashimono), carving from the block (kurimono), wood-turning (hikimono), wood carving and furniture making; and lacquer, from making brushes and spatulas to lacquering, maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay. Students also work on combining materials and on projects that develop the market value of craft.
- Where
- Kyoto, Japan
- Founded
- 2012
- Crafts
- Ceramics and porcelain · Furniture and design · Fine craftsmanship
- Source
- School website · checked on 25/10/2026
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