Group show in Yanaka

Come one come all! 

We will have an exhibition of local artists and thinkers.  April 1 - 6

It is in Yanaka in Gallery Kingyo, near (HebiMichiDori, snake turn road) near Nezu or Sendagi stations of the Chiy

raw copper

 

 

A fresh cut copper plate, an engraving before it is inked,  Like a new born child, fresh and new, ripe with possibilities.

I may never ink it at all.

scales

It is early yet, but I've already started practicing my scales.

Yanaka at night

These are they guys that wake up a 5 AM to start the morning chant.   It is part of living in a temple section of  Tokyo..  I wonder how many centuries they have been doing this on the coldest days of January.  They keep it up for more than a week, probably the full cycle of 12 days, but that is just a guess.  I know it runs more than a week

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyvUQFDD64

m.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkqpmHtFGo

They cover most to the temple section, stopping at every Nichirin Temple.

Who's Picasso now?

Young children  are impressive.  They are true scientists, doing everything they can to unlock the mysteries that surround them.  They want to discover how everything works.

They also are not shy to express themselves with art.  Picasso said something about being able to paint like an old master at 16 and spending the rest of his life trying to learn to paint like a child.

I had fun at Tokyo Kase University yesterday, at the kids center running a workshop in ink painting.  And I will truly say that these young kids put Piccaso to shame.  Direct attack, use of line and marks and space.

Night ride

Coming home from the public bath, thinking it is hard to go out on a cold night, and the baths keep closing and are further and further away, but what a night. I don't envy anyone stuck in at home with their tv on and a hot bath waiting.  To have missed this night under the stars riding home from the sento would have taken something very important from my life.  I am quite thankful that I don't have a bath.

Esty

100 years ago people who wanted to be artists found a way to get to Paris.  50 years ago the center was New York.  I ask my students at the Art U in Tokyo, "Where is the center of the art world now?"

A lot of my students say that the center in now on line.

I opened a virtual shop on Esty.  What will happen?  Who can say?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/172215775/dragon-mandala-etchingengraving-hand?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=hathaway+dragon+etching&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=JP&ga_ref=auto3&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=hathaway+dragon+etching