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いただきます by Jaylene Nuñez
いただきます! Let’s Eat!
Japanese utensils can date back as far as 500 A.D. China first came up with the idea of chopsticks in 1200 B.C, and the idea later spread to Japan and Vietnam in 500 A.D. A drastic increase in the population led to a decrease of natural resources to go around. Due to this, Japan and China were forced to cut back on certain resources such as oil. Food was cut into smaller pieces because it too less time to cook, which in turn took up less oil. Since food became smaller, chopsticks, which had only been used for cooking in Japan, were the perfect utensils to pick up small pieces of food and the stocky short grain rice that Asia is well known for. Confucius also helped in the aid of the increase in chopstick use. As a vegetarian, he believed that knives would remind citizens of the slaughterhouse, and would promote violence instead of happiness at the dinner tables of families. Due to his teachings, chopsticks became a widespread item throughout Asia (Butler). For one part of my final project, I decided to code two pairs of chopsticks. The first pair I made had a simple spiral design on the top, while the second design had what resembles a Japanese sword on the top of it. click here for full article...
personal statement
Ever since middle school, I’ve always wanted to go to Japan. My gateway to Japanese culture started in elementary school when I was first introduced to anime. I often times saw Dragon Ball Z on TV, and stole my brothers’ Yu-Gi-Oh cards, or marveled at the collection of Pokemon cards they had managed to collect. I hadn’t yet known what anime was, and just thought of it as another cool thing to watch when I had finished my homework after school. Once I entered middle school, I met some really great friends who introduced me to the culture in depth. I started exploring more genres of anime, the more action packed and detailed kind meant for older kids. I started to learn the customs and culture, and started picking up phrases and language from the shows I watched. Due to all of these reasons, I decided to have a Japanese theme for my line of 3D printed items. All of these items are things that I realized you will always find in a Japanese household, after countless years of being exposed to the culture. Chopsticks are a major utensil is Asian countries such as the Big Three; China, Japan, and Korea. Rice bowls are also incredibly common since rice is something that is eaten with most meals in the culture. The cup is something that a lot of cultures use to drink from, but certain Japanese cups are more cylindrical and plain for things like tea. In fact, in a show that I watched called Black Butler, there was a character who always carried a tea cup with him. One of the last items I made besides the chopstick holder for the chopsticks, was a pair of bento boxes. In the process of making these items, I learned to grow the most when I made the chopsticks and the bento boxes. Although the boxes seem the easiest to make because it’s just a box, the lids took the longest. I had to print them multiple times to try and get them to fit and they just never would. Finally after countless tries I managed to get the lid to match up with the actual box. It made me grow in my ability to be patient and not expecting everything to be perfect the first time around.
Spiral cup
Large Rice Bowl
Chopsticks with Holder
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Japanese Cup
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Rice Bowl
Bento Boxes
Bento Boxes with Lid
Chopsticks With Holder Included
