October 16, 2008

Nakagawa Wooden Robots

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Takeji Nakagawa takes Keyaki, teak, walnut, and white ash wood to create these handcrafted robots. His take on it is, "I don't really have an exact answer but I often relate my robots with the future. What we really want is a future full of trees and something more natural. I don't think humans can live without trees no matter what advances technology makes."

We dig that he prefers potential buyers actually view the pieces before purchase. Prices for the unique toys range from $50.00 for small ones up to $6,000.00 for the largest pieces.

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Posted by Sheila Franklin at October 16, 2008 9:04 PM

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