Bento boxes

Bento boxes are traditional Japanese bentwood lunch boxes. The rise of plastics has shrunk the market for beautiful wooden boxes, but worse is the aging out of the artisans making them. There are too few young men and women ready to carry on the work.  This link tells the story of a maker in Japan. https://www.goenne.com/post/encore-wooden-bento-box

And this link shows how they are made. https://www.goenne.com/makingofbentoboxes

Bento boxes, Shaker boxes, and Norwegian tiner are all boxes made through the bending of wood. 

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