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What’s Next after Ark of the Unicorns Residency

Riding the wave of #NaNoWriMo I have resurrected a writing project I started in 2013 here in Japan. My non-fiction recipe book doesn’t exactly qualify but enough is the same to keep me encouraged each day. Evernote has kept all of my notes safe, all 78 of them, exactly as I left them! Found theContinue reading “What’s Next after Ark of the Unicorns Residency”

Studio Visit, Stitch Experiments, & Lefty Achievement Unlocked

On Wednesday, Bernice Akamine came by for a studio visit. She is a well respected Native Hawai’ian artist who also does wire stitchwork. She just had a solo show on the Big Island and I greatly appreciate her taking the time to stop by! There are not many other wire stitch artists so it wasContinue reading “Studio Visit, Stitch Experiments, & Lefty Achievement Unlocked”

Artist-in-Residence at Ark of the Unicorns

First full day at Chinatown Artists Lofts and I wake up to bamboo filling a bright alcove space. In Japan, on the first day of business, it is customary to see a new bamboo stalk ready to grow as the business does. Coincidentally it was also World Bamboo Day, an auspicious beginning, I felt. EachContinue reading “Artist-in-Residence at Ark of the Unicorns”