Meet the craftspeople behind beautiful handmade objects. From traditional techniques passed down through generations to contemporary artisans pushing creative boundaries, these are the makers who inspire us.
In a mountain village outside Kyoto, master potter Kenji Nakamura tends anagama kilns that have burned for eight centuries. Inside a craft most ceramicists have abandoned.
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In rural Tuscany, Alessandro Ferro forges iron the way his great-grandfather did. As one of Italy's last traditional smiths, he is racing to pass on what he knows.