Best place to find a whetstone aka Tokyo Art Adventures w/Mia O – Mokuhanga Artist! Six of us, all members of Art Byte Critique, set out from our respective homes around the Tokyo Metro area and converged upon the 360+ year old, Ozu Washi paper store in the Nihonbashi area. We each had our reasonsContinue reading “Washi and Whetstones”
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Art Byte Critique: ‘Game Changing Art Collective…’
Since 2012 I have been a member of Art Byte Critique here in Tokyo, Japan and it has been a game changer for me. We are an international group representing Japan and several countries around the world. We greatly appreciate our inclusion in the write up by INDIE Magazine, July 21, 2017 by Hannah CassensContinue reading “Art Byte Critique: ‘Game Changing Art Collective…’”
Buttons, Buttons, Buttons…
Today is all about the buttons! Putting those finishing touches on my Travel Journals for the Tokyo Art Book Fair this weekend. For every 5 buttons I sew, there is a small Pumpkin Kit Kat reward! Button, button, button, button, button, pumpkin kit kat, button, button, button…
Thank You!
My Four Seasons Hanging Scroll Project at Hagiso Gallery is now finished and it has been an amazing experience! Thank you so much to everyone who has attended the show. Thank You so much for the flowers MinoriSan! Thank you so so very much to those made purchases. Thank You to so many of youContinue reading “Thank You!”
Satin Bow – Not the same as tying my shoes
That beautiful, shiny, slippery satin ribbon takes some real talent to get just the right bow! I thought it would be easy, just like tying my shoes. Not. After all the sewing, designing, crocheting and embroidery, I know I have some skills. Yet, Multiple failures and flashbacks from my mother’s shoe tying lessons drove meContinue reading “Satin Bow – Not the same as tying my shoes”
Shidarezakura – Look Mom, No Embroidery Hoop!
Watch the artist work in this short video of me embroidering the details on a small Shidarezakura Spring Hanging Scroll. The complete project, Four Season Hanging Scrolls will be on display at Hagiso Gallery starting October 16 – 27, 2013. You are welcome to join me in a Crochet with the Artist on Thursday, OctContinue reading “Shidarezakura – Look Mom, No Embroidery Hoop!”
My First Gallery Showing in Tokyo!
Starting Oct 16, I and 7 other artists here in the Tokyo area will be showing at the Hagiso gallery in the Yanaka neighborhood next to Nippori Train Station. My Four Seasons Hanging Scroll Project is finally coming to fruition. Lots of fun little sakura, colorful summer flowers, multiple colors of momiji and white snowflakesContinue reading “My First Gallery Showing in Tokyo!”