Handmade Portraits: Brown Rice Family

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www.http://etsy.com/storque/article/7953/
My first encounter with a Japanese Rastafarian was in the subway. My daughter pointed at him playing his guitar on the platform, drawn to his stylish attire and long dreadlocks. A couple of months later, during a conversation about Japan, a musician friend mentioned a community in Brooklyn called the Brown Rice Family. I happened to come across a soap in a Japanese store in SoHo, made by a company carrying the same name. When I discovered that these were all linked, I turned to Etsy, inspired to make a video portrait of them. It was a fascinating experience to meet them, visit their world, and share a brief moment along their journey.

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• asia
• bath and beauty
• brownricefamily
• Brown Rice Family
• genpaku
• handmade portraits
• japanese
• organic
• Pascal Perich
• soap
• soapmakers
• This Handmade Life
• video

[kaoristu]

this is very beautifully filmed!! i liked it so much because it really brought their happy-go-lucky personality out. now i want to go home and visit shizuoka :D tea farms are the beauty of japan!

[shinkabella]

great video

[SpringVolga]

this kind of soap is very popular in China.

[CibariaOils]

We LOVED this - and of course the dog as well! :)

[polkadots103]

beautiful.

[ateliersusanatavares]

Love the video...soap, pacience and music...wonderful :)

[gardenpig]

I really really want to make soap now. With my dogs.

[audioev]

follow us on facebook and twitter, just search for brown rice family

[CraftDknits]

I love how the reggae music and the soap making inspire each interchangeably.

[turtleboat]

the brown rice family is inspirational...and freakin cool.

why did joe leave though? :(

[creatornat]

Now if we can just get Etsy to put out more of these Handmade videos, more frequently, we'll be set! This was the best one is the series. More, more and more please.