About us
About the origin of our logo, the logo of 108 craftsmen is based on tangram. This is a very great geometric structure in the field of Mathematics. It was born about 1000 years ago. Its charm is that through the combination of seven combined figures, tens of thousands of symbolic figures can be transformed, it might be animals or plants, architecture, digits, letters, rectangles, the meaning in it is all the fields of craftsmen can gathered together to be a whole, through cooperation, might form thousands of possibilities.
108 Craftsman is a artisan union, but also absorbs some designers who can make handicrafts by themselves, as well as art painters. The founder, Mr Takemoto, came up with this idea in 2016, because he has seen that the artisan group at that time suffered from various plundering and torture in China, and kept the hard work that has been unchanged for hundreds of years, but most of the labor results were used by designers. The cultural departments related to the government plunder or take credit, and the craftsmen themselves get very little actual reward. In a forum, Mr Takemoto expressed his dissatisfaction, although as a very influential person in the field of handmade bamboo and wood glasses in the world, he was won he achieved a certain degree of success in craftsmanship and commerce, but he was very dissatisfied with the serious exploitation of the artisan group, and proposed the establishment of an alliance of artisans to combine real artisans to engage in some collective creation, and the alliance would come forward to sell each person’s unique In the field of design, cutting-edge designers will also help craftsmen who are proficient in craftsmanship and not good at innovation, making the crafts practical and according to the sense of design. The name 108 craftsmen comes from a story of an uprising in the Song Dynasty in China. 108 of them are skilled craftsmen, skilled in martial arts, military strategists, and financial experts. They are dissatisfied with the government’s exploitation and oppression. A mountain became a collective Robin Hood organization, robbing the rich to help the poor.
The subsequent development process experienced twists and turns, but in the end Mr.Takemoto bought land in the mountains, built several wooden houses and renovated old houses that were on the verge of collapse, established the basement of 108 Craftsmen, and while developing members in the country, he used his own Extensive communication and influence in the West, invited craftsmen and artists in Europe and North America, and changed the original strategy of emphasizing cooperation and ignoring sales. Selling supports the growth of these artists, and please note to every reader: buying is the best support! Many of them are very good at their fields and experienced a long wait, now www.108craftsmen.cc and the North American brick-and-mortar chain of gift shops, bring their stories and creations to you.
Nowadays, 108 artisan union is a cross-border, non-government-related alliance organization. The union collects a certain percentage of sales commission to recover the huge early investment, and to plan to support more buried artisans and their works. This will be one of best special and valuable gifts for him, for her, or for yourself.
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Mail:takemotoeyewear@gmail.com
Phone:+8613386500390
Shipping address: Dexin Ai Industrial Park Undergroung Parking A906, Hangzhou,Zhejiang,CN