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Akihiko Banno was born in Nagoya, Japan and
graduated from Meijo University in 1987 with a B.S. degree in
Architecture. Aki has been living in the United States since 1995.
He is the ISO coordinator for the Environmental Management System at
North Carolina Asahi, Inc. in Greenville, NC Aki has been interested in wood since he was nine years old. He enjoyed working as a custom cabinet maker in New Bern, NC for six years. During that time, he began designing and building decorative boxes. They were popular and sold well in specialty shops in New Bern. He also became interested in woodturning and has designed and produced several bowls, cylindrical boxes and lidded pots. Aki prefers using wood from trees that have fallen naturally. His work retains and celebrates the natural grain of the wood. Someday he hopes to teach woodworking and the discipline of protecting this valuable environmental resource. You can find his work in the following galleries: East Wake Hardwoods & Gallery - Zebulon, NC Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC |
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Banbox Woodworks
by Aki |