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About me
In 2008, I first learned about Nantucket baskets in the magazine "VERY" and was shocked to hear that "there is such a beautiful basket!".
After that, while having a small child, I learned how to make a basket with the help of many teachers and students. Although it was a fulfilling instructor activity, I was ill (later surgery) and wanted to return to the position of a medical professional, so I once left the job of a basketball instructor.
Around that time, I encountered lacquering and began to want to create works as one of my own expressions.
Since 2019, I have been involved in medical care and have been a modest writer / lecturer for Nantucket baskets.
Profile
Yuko Morita
Born in Tokyo in 1979
2008-Started production of Nantucket basket
2011-Nantucket basket course started in Saitama prefecture, Ibaraki prefecture, Yomiuri culture Urawa (NENBA affiliation)
2016 Exhibited at "Faraway Island" at Nantucketbasket Museum (Nantucket Island, Massachusetts) to study lacquering under Iori Nakajo
Canceled instructor activities due to expiration of NENBA contract
September 2018 Reopened Nantucket basket production class Became a regular member of the Japan Culture Urushi Foundation
January 2019 In charge of lectures at NHK Cultural Center Saitama Arena Class
July 2021 "Basketball Handwork Exhibition" held at ONVO SALON URWA
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