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Name |
Takashi Itoh |
Email address |
takashi64@gmail.com |
Duty place |
Japan |
Birthday |
4 June 1976 |
Favorite music |
Paul McCartney |
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Q: What made you do the art of fruit carving?
A: I came across a watermelon sculpture in "Thai food festival".
I learned the art of fruit carving when Tokyo's hotel held a festival celebrating Thai culture.
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Q: When did you master watermelon carving?
Did you have a teacher or did you teach yourself?
A: I mastered the technique in 2001.
I do not have a teacher. I studied by myself.
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Q: How long did it take you to be skilled hands?
A: It took me three weeks.
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Q: Why do you use watermelons?
Don't you use cantaloupes or grapefruits for instance?
A: Because watermelon is colorful.
So, it attracts us.
And its part we can carve is large.
It is more powerful than other fruits.
Grapefruit is much smaller than watermelon.
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