Chiyoe Kubota-Temari Ball Artist

[@cynthiapulsifer3341]

oh wow! i'd love to buy one of these and learn to make them! arigato! this was awesome!

[@paulafraker9349]

This woman is a treasure.

[@mandygreen6718]

Very very beautiful! I love their culture ever since I was a very small child. I listen to a Japanese flute for the first time when I was only 4 and my mother said it calmed me down because I was very hyper-little girl. As soon as she stopped I cried for more. Then about 6 yrs old I saw the traditional robes worn by women in a store window as a display and I just looked at it and wished I had one. I also love Sakura blooms they are really breathtaking to see! Still to this day I listen to the music and it still brings me to a peaceful mood when I’m very stressed out. I would love to get a temari ball they are so beautiful, omg there beautiful. This lady has such remarkable talent and I hope they will keep that tradition alive for future generations to enjoy!

[@krisjohnson9334]

Aren't these beautiful. It is fantastic to see the different creativity from around the world and the methods people use. I really enjoyed this post . THANKS Lucy

[@handicappedhero]

Legend of Kubota: The Last Yarn Bender

[@cliveromney]

Thank you for preserving the culture so well-not only the artistic side, but the family side. Well done!

[@blazing123]

4:19 when someone destroy your feeling but you know its the truth

[@le2ce]

She is an inspiration! Hers are the most beautiful temaris I have ever seen. Beautiful choice of colours.

[@lindamorita3972]

Love this video! Reminds me of my mother! Thx for sharing!!

[@reneesmith2665]

I would love to see a series of this subject and each video be a step by step. I enjoyed your video and would love to try to make one.

[@deeramos9416]

Thank you for introducing this craft! Truly priceless and fun;)

[@bam1760]

What may be a sad reality for you, is once your mom is gone, you will take up the art form--your watching her all these years has instructed you and laid a foundation in your heart for this art--only then, you may find yourself alone working on the Temari, thinking of your mom, and what she be thinking if she could see you surrounded with the Temari you have made. this was a bittersweet video.

[@ch3rrikiss]

Beautiful! The temari and the tender mother/daughter bond

[@木暮伊都子]

ラジオでは聴いて検索しましたが、素晴らしい！世界に誇れる凄さです。

[@barbarajallen]

So very beautiful, Thank you for posting.

[@pinacoladaqueen8161]

amazing. hugs to them both. wonderful talent

[@pogmo84]

What I wouldn't give to sit & watch her work!

[@atheniansunshine]

Amazing artist!!!!!!

[@angelastotts4408]

she is amazing:) Thanks for sharing!

[@maggie62pn]

Good Bless you. You both are beautiful 💗🙏

[@temariaustria]

Thanks for sharing. I am going to try it with the packing peanuts next time!

[@yosoylamono]

beautiful!!!

[@marymorrow590]

They are all just amazing I would love to learn how to make these do you have online clases

[@edwardtiou]

GIFTED LADY. Compliments from Malaysia. God Bless.

[@sadiejosiemom]

I was mesmerized by Chiyoe's story. I wanted to hear more - like did she and her husband fall in love after they married. You do sort of learn to do things through osmosis. My 98 year old mom was an expert cook and seamstress but didn't have the patience to teach me. She is now in a nursing home. I did however, learn on my own. I would encourage you to try the art while she is still able to help you - but only if you would enjoy to do it.

[@Krutschable]

This woman is a true treasure!!!

[@lorirowley-sipple7340]

Ok...I admire the exquisite workmanship of the Temari balls....but I LOVED the relationship between the Mom and daughter...adorable

[@laurellaurier]

so cool.

[@SexyAngel79]

My Best friend Lisa knows how to make them.She dose an amazing job.I don't know where she learned how to do it but I watch her do it and it was fun to watch.Looks fun to do but It looks hard to do.I can never do something like that.My friend she is not Japanese but she loves everything that has to do with the Japanese culture.I like it too.

[@missmoni74]

That's beautiful. Where can one learn to make this kind of art?

[@KristinaKoryakova]

May I came over for your classes ? I want to be your student please :)

[@御赏]

I wonder if there is any class teaching the making of temari balls. How fascinating!

[@ТамараФилиппова-т1й]

Ой как мне нравится эта техника вышивки.Стараюсь научиться. Уже много шаров вышила и все с ошибками вышиваю небольшие шары,чтоб можно было на елку повесить. Всё чьо вышила,всё не нравится. Буду еще вышивать пока не научусь. Спасибо.

[@brain0nfire]

Utsukushii!! I love japanese people :)

[@le2ce]

I have started to make temari balls. I found several suppliers through the internet. But I don't know where to find the most suitable thread in a variety of colours for the cores last stage. In many pictures it looks as an ordinary sewing thread. Does anyone have any clue? Thank you very much!

[@lovewillconquer]

I was a little sad that her daughter doesn't know how to do it too! It's very beautiful.

[@ftmpombob]

LINDO!

[@wolfnight423]

there are several books that take you from start to finish on these. don't skip a step or they won't turn out right.

[@atulrajput9821]

Preserve the culture

[@samd8713]

How can she have been here so long and not better with the English language? Just sayin'; that's a long time. work is great.

[@pogmo84]

She was sent back to Japan when she started school & didn't come back to the US until she got married.

[@FigaroHey]

People acquire their accent by the time of puberty. If you move to a different country/culture with a different language after puberty, you will very likely not lose your native accent (your pre-pubertal younger siblings will, though). Since she only had the English skills of a six-year-old who PROBABLY stayed with Japanese- speakers and never went to school in the US, chances are she knew almost no English when she was sent to Japan at age 6. Then spending the next 11 or more years in a totally Japanese context, she's basically someone who didn't start using English until she was 17 or older. The older you get - past puberty - the harder it is to pick up a language. After puberty, people no longer just 'pick up' a language the way children acquire their native-language. They have to study it and learn it, as you may have studied a foreign language in school. English and Japanese are very different in linguistic structure and writing systems, so that makes learning English more difficult for a Japanese-speaker, the same as learning Japanese is more difficult for an English-speaker than learning a a language more closely-related to English. If she was never sent to study and learn English, but only tried to pick it up from being around English-speakers, and especially if she was normally in a Japanese-speaking community, then she would naturally have quite weak , English if any. It would be the same for a native-speaker of English sent as an adult to Japan and living almost exclusively among English-speakers. With no lessons in Japanese, you'd struggle for years and the longer you waited (the older you were) to try to learn it, the harder it would be. That's how the language acquisition part of the brain works.

[@Callsign_Kishin]

*narrated by a white guy*