Workshop employment × Strengths: Creativity & Ideation
For Those Strong in Creativity & Ideation
This collection features jobs that may suit those who are relatively comfortable generating new ideas and concepts.
Creativity holds value not only in artistic fields but in all kinds of work. Both small ideas that improve existing methods and entirely new concepts are expressions of creativity. Additionally, some deepen their thinking alone, while others develop ideas through dialogue with others.
The jobs introduced here tend to offer more opportunities to utilize new ideas. Explore how your creativity can flourish.
58 jobs found.
Osier (kiriu) Weaver
Wood product artisan who uses branches of willow known as osier (kiriu) to create baskets and interior decorations using traditional weaving techniques.
Willow wicker trunk manufacturer
A profession that weaves willow wicker (yanagi kōri) to manufacture baskets and trunks for clothing storage.
Metal Craftsman
Artisans who process metal materials using techniques such as cutting, forming, welding, and polishing to create artworks, industrial parts, ornaments, etc.
Kinma (kinma) manufacturer
Traditional lacquer craft technician who creates embossed patterns by combining lacquer and metal foil.
Bamboo rake maker
Bamboo rake makers shape and decorate kumade bamboo rakes, which are traditional New Year's lucky charms, using wood and bamboo in a traditional manufacturing occupation.
Kokeshi painter
Artisan who paints traditional patterns and faces on the wooden body of kokeshi dolls using brushes and pigments.
Preliminary sketch artisan (textile industry, pattern industry, pattern carving industry)
Artisan who draws patterns used in textiles as preliminary sketches, handling everything from pattern creation to pattern carving.
Shibori Dyer
An artisan who specializes in the traditional dyeing technique of tying fabric with thread or rubber bands and applying dye to create patterns.
Sensu painting worker
Traditional craft artisan who hand-draws patterns using paints and gold leaf on washi paper or silk fan surfaces and applies decorations.
Fan manufacturing worker
Craftsman who handcrafts fans using washi paper and bamboo, from creating the frame assembly to pasting and decoration.