Thursday, March 18, 2010

Jeanine - a poor excuse for the late posting?

While I was forgetting to post my banner on this site, I was, in my defense, doing something artistic >_>. Brown Gendo Taiko (which had its performance last weekend!) builds and repairs their own drums, and this semesters, we made two small chudaikos.

One side of the drum, skinned, stretched and tacked! The body is made out of a wine cask, with the holes filled and bonded, sanded, then finished. The metal carrying handles (kan) were designed, made and cut by Miles Endo, a team member and Industrial Design student at RISD. The drumheads are made out of cowhide.

The other drum, with its skin being stretched with rope, later to be tightened with sticks (bachi).

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