I went to a workshop recently run by Kojima Shoten at HEATH Ceramics in San Francisco, to make a chochin - a Japanese paper lantern.
We watched a demo, and then worked with a tiny structure made of bamboo…
…and added layers of various patterned washi onto the rings with glue and a brush.
The edges are trimmed and glued down and voila!
It was so fun to use washi in a different way than I usually would, and gave me some ideas of things to make in the future!