im learning to sew this year. so far all ive made is a simple cushion cover but my sewing machine is so quiet and handsome and lovely. i love the potential of new tools.
my lovely japanese teacher prepared a pop quiz for me this week. i got one out of ten. and a cute peg with a flower on it!
something new and exciting i have been working on...
office girls at the coffee shop.
this week i have been hanging out with my dad and scanning old family photos. this is a bridesmaids bouquet from a hand coloured photo of my grandmothers wedding.
my friend akie has launched her new website with lots of beautiful work. i love to see that certain akie-ness to everything there.
some illustrations of japanese ceramics i made for delstore, hong kong.ive been feasting on eric rohmer films lately. i have two box sets and im just gobbling them up; i love them. thats what i was t...
some beautiful work by jonathan mess just went up in the exhibition im curating over at remote.
members of the hong kong calligraphers association. thanks to julius hui for pointing this out.click on the images for links to each persons page.
some textile experimentscircle and three squaresblack leaves collected from the jungle
i would like to draw your attention to this lovely letter from my friend nobuko. we write each other letters in each others languages on this blog; to keep in touch and for practice.
at angor wat, a siem reap garden and a cambodian ikat.
my friend kengo kubota has started making tailor made shirts. he will measure you himself and his design process involves having a conversation with you. hes based in osaka but id love to get a gang ...
some of this years excellent crop of christmas and new years cards.
new work by alice bernardo just went up in the show im curating for remote.
its about this time every year i think , wait - i was going to design a calendar! and then i think, if only i had a calendar i would put design next years calendar in it around about june.but i did m...
photos from a quick visit to paris last week. rainy and cold and lovely.
i have been playing with pigments from the chinese art supply shop. this was labeled azurite. they have changed their packaging now to little zip-lock bags in little boxes but they had one packet lef...
the floor of my studio. the ceiling of (maybe) my new studio.
last week my sister interviewed me....
this super grainy photo of hong kong is hanging downstairs in the foyer of the library building.
i found some lovely friendly people with a risograph printer here in hong kong! yesterday i went to meet them and tried making a print. we hadnt brought anything with us to copy but my friend tanya h...
i love these cheap floor mats made from fabric remnants. we used to have one that my great-grandmother made from old petitcoats that was all pastels with black and white. but these colourful made in ...
ive been drawing tea pots and cups a bit lately.i like what june schwarcz says here:"i like vessels partly - youve got an inside and an outside. i like things hidden. i love textiles and i love c...
i found these gorgeous houses by accident; researching something else. theyre like really big baskets you can live in. i want to build one in the backyard this weekend. apparently they can be taken d...
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