ASIAN-INSPIRED SANCTUARY
With $100 and a spare weekend,
you can build a corner garden that
» The classic tiki mug grew in
popularity in the 50s and 60s,
and is now the perfect kitschy
accessory for any backyard
garden party.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiki_mugs
will impress your granny and offend
local Japanese garden enthusiasts.
A profoundly meaningful art form,
the Japanese garden should be
studied over a lifetime. Like playing
» The tsukubai is found in
Japanese tea gardens to “purify”
oneself by resting a moment
and washing your hands.
craftzine.com/go/tsukubai
the game Go, you can learn the rules,
but very few people will ever understand
it in a significant way. Perhaps you’ve
already dedicated your life to some
other equally rewarding pursuit. Well,
then I can offer the low-rent 1960s
suburban cul-de-sac Danish modern
via Sunset magazine by way of Home
» The yukimi, a popular stone
lantern in Japanese gardens, is
also called the “sno w-vie wing
lantern” because its roof captures the falling snow so well.
cherryblossomgardens.com/
alanterns2.htm
Depot garden with a vague Asian
influence. It would be criminal to call
it a Japanese garden, so let’s call it
the Jet Age Garden to be sure no one
Illustrations by Tim Lillis
gets hurt.
» Apple CEO Steve Jobs adheres
to the Japanese Zen aesthetic
as seen in the visual elegance of
Apple’s products.
craftzine.com/go/zenjobs
