Domoku-dō, woodworking of Tottori prefecture

Domoku-dō is a family craft unit created by a woodwork artist whose workshop is located in Yurihama-chō in Tottori prefecture and two ceramic artists who reside in Mashiko in Tochigi prefecture.
Woodwork artist Yasunori Asakura fell in love with woodworking after he made one spoon from wood.He has always enjoyed working with wood and his dream as a child was to become a carpenter one day. At the suggestion of his parents-in-law (who are the ceramic artists of this collaborative unit) he began woodworking as a hobby. He would go and buy materials at a home improvement store and use his kitchen or the park near his home as his workstation. The decision to get serious about woodworking came when he sold a spoon he had created for an exhibition to which he was invited by his parents-in-law.