San Shui _04
The sky above you 01_day time version

San Shui _04
The sky above you02_ night version

New Prints

Sorry about my absence. I was trying to focus on new prints and new scarves.
Here are two of my new prints.

Once a while I get emails asking about my first Gocco print, the first San Shui print (3-stone rule). It always brings me back to those inspiring gardens. The more I think, the more realize that I was not only inspired by those delicate Japanese gardens in Kyoto but also my grand parents’ garden where I grew up with.

It’s a Chinese style garden with rocks, a pond, a bridge, and a waterfall. It’s a miniature of everything we want from the nature. All the elements have their own characters, symbols and meanings.

The prints here are day dreaming of a garden in the day time and night time.

The elements/characters play here are moss, ponds, bamboos and deep deep sky......

I hope you will like the new prints. They are available in my Etsy.
ok I need to clean up my room now. Will be back with some new scarves tomorrow.

I admire "Saul Leiter
also "Erwin Olaf.

Both images are from M+B gallery.

市橋織江 Orie Ichihashi

I love her photos! Love love love!!

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CL started to print lots photos in our dark room/bathroom. I really like this one! One year ago, our house is like this!! We were fixing things and redoing all the dry walls and ceiling (all by ourself,...mainly just himself)...... it was like a nightmare but it's totally worthy.





I got this handsome new toy from CL as a christmas gift. It arrived at our door after new year. It was really a big surprise...


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and here are film only people, film is not dead just smells funny

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Dornbracht & Culture project

We need to help our client to look for some plumbing fixtures, and there is a wonderful company called "Dornbracht".

I like that they extend their passion of product design into culture and social issue. The photos above are one of their "Culture project" _The Farm Project/ Kitchen as the Stage of Life. A wild idea for kitchen! It's almost like a dream kitchen to me!

Among the "Culture projects" , I also like the "Statement 06" Rita Ackermann's Lovely Drawings.


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First, want to say " Happy new year" to everyone! Thank you for stopping by!


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I did managed to do more weaving projects. I made this pillow for my friend, Yuko.





and a scarf, I think I will keep it for myself. I made this on new year. I'm not a really workaholic !! Just try to be away from my computer for a couple days and let weaving helps me to get rid of the internet fever.......
It's hard to see from the picture, the white part actually is very light grayish mint .. there are different shades of greens and grays....




also a scarf for friend, Singsing who only wears black....... it's hard to work on black color even I used 3 different yarns and tried make it more interesting!! For a while, I can really look at this scarf, it's just so dark. Although I used to be wearing a lot of blacks too.

COCCA

Find this lovely fabric shop thru flickr ! remember to check their online shop!
I need to find this book right away!! so amazing!

I think I spent more time on flickr than blogging now.

Friends

I started to received some letters from people I don't know after I started this blog. I made friends without meeting them. Also those comments left in my posts, made me feel that I have made so many friends around the world now.

Thank you! Friend ! Thank you for stopping by!

Two weeks ago I got a email from Lynn. A couple of emails later we had decided to have some collaborations. I am totally excited about this can't wait to show you new things after new year. Thank you! Lynn, thank your kindly invitation to this adventure.

I also met Miho. I like her blog and like her own website. I also find this wonderful book blog__ "BOOK ENDLESS " from her. She emails me sometimes when she finds some nice books. Sweet girl, thank you!


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Sun and Kotatsu








We have beautiful days here!! Lots sunlight flood in our house everyday but it doesn't mean that it's warm in our house. I feel like staying in the cold meat storage all day! ! Our heater is broken and we also need to redo all the ducting. We didn't plan to fix it because we thought that we will be totally fine since we are living in south California.

We were so so wrong!!

I like to take break time and rush to our deck. It's so warm under the sun. I wish I can move my computer to the deck and work there. That's the time for me to do some sketches. (Under that bright sun I dream about snow sometimes.)

CL and I decided to make a kotatsu to keep us warm and to be more efficient for the energy. We put our portable radiator under our working table and enclosed the table with thick cotton......Ahhh- HA ! A instant Kotastu is done... don't laugh, it works just fine for us.... I just feel that my hands are icing cold when my half body is all warmed up. oops!


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Light study




I was modeling for CL last weekend. See the light we have here! Just love it. But I think I'm a really BAD model, I look so sad.


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More weaving




CL took this picture while I was weaving (last month??). I haven't weaved for a while. Definitely this X'mas vacation will be my endless weaving time! Can't wait! Can't wait!

(But It probably will be freezing, how can I keep myself warm?? I CAN'T make a Kotatsu for my loom! Can't I??)


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Some cute little shops_ plus some winter inspirations......

Masion de Plage



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Non sens





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Fig London







For some reasons they all have super small images!! I also like this one _nicta!

Yukari Miyagi 's Turtle and Rabbit

I found this book when I was in the exhibition of Murakami in MOCA. Actually there are a lot of young Japanese artists works there but it was crazily crowded there. I didn't really can stand still to look through all the new book collections. Too bad! It also stopped me to buy the books I like.

Here is Yukari Miyagi's website! She also has nice works for the commercial campaigns.






Fukuda Kan

I found this artist from one of Miyagi's links_ BUILDING.
There are more nice works up in the site. I only wish I would have 48 hours a day to dig that.






Oh, Right!
I also like Joe McLaren's version of "Rabbit and Turtle".

カリモク60

I love these 60s inspired funitures from Karimuku60.
Here are more love of 60s_ vision60.com

Sorry!! just a quick post today!

Shop is open now!

First , I want to say "thank you"! You are always there and always leave sweet comments. You are my biggest support! Thank you, friends!!

Snow Attack!! 白雪攻擊!!

Second, I want to share with you my love to this nature +" snow"!


I never see or touch snow in my life. It's winter again! I know probably this year I will now be able to see the snow . I felt that I have been attached by the image of snow_The fantasy of white snow world has been constructed in my mind silently. I can't help drawing them on all my sketches.

Above are my sketches of planters and iceland.

One more thing for the love of S N O W _ An Icelandic movie called Nói albino.

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I hope I make sense here with my very random thoughts
and also

Have a wonderful winter day with or without snow!

Shop update tomorrow night (2007.11.27)!!

I made some gift tags to give away! not satisfied with them, have to re print them again!

Made with 100% love

There were 3 birthday parties in 2 days, and I was non stop weaving before and between the parties. In one of party I was so worried about the other unfinished scarf... yes, I'm totally exhausted now. But nothing happier than seeing their surprising and satisfing expressions on their faces. Wishing them a "warm" winter!!


I have to clean up the mess I created over the weekend!

Focus

I have been working on sketches for prints. I had a lot of things in mind and always interrupted by some new ideas . I was doing 6 different ones at the same time. I drove myself CRAZY..... So I think maybe it's good time to focus on only one at a time.

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I like fall! (It's more like fall here ) I love the air, the light in my room and those falling leaves. So Wonderful!

New things

Yes, I bought a loom!!

It was a table loom but Baba turned it into a floor loom. I also did my first project with this loom, a scarf for CL_ a belated birthday gift . I used 100% alpaca and 100%wool. I just wash it and it become so fluffy (even more soft now). The gray parts also stand out now.

mmm, What should I do for next one??