There are Hyakunin Isshu 12 love poems from ancient Japanese poets for 2017. Each poem has a number and you can search the meaning in the internet. As all calendars are hand written, there are limit in the quantity. Hope you like them. Price : 25€ + shipping Payment method : Paypal or bank transfer If
The 10th of November was the opening night of our exhibition, Hyakunin Isshu". It was the second time we exhibited at Atelier für Photographie. This year, we had a flower arrangement in action, a performance and a book presentation. It was nearly two years ago when I decided to have a Hyakunin Isshu exhibition and this is a
I like to invite you to our exhibition, "Hyakunin Isshu – 100 Gedichte von 100 Dichtern-". This is the second exhibition at the Atelier für Photographie and this year, we have a new member for the kids´ class. The project started last year. I have picked Hyakunin Isshu as a theme because not only it´s a famous collection of
"Shiawase (Happiness)" "Kokoro shizuka nareba sunawachi mi suzushi" (When your mind is calm, your body feels cool) (Tea zen word for August) "Satori (Enlightment)" "Kokorozashi wa senri ni ari (Energetic soldier will keep his high spirit even when they are old)"
From the 1st to the 8th of March this year, there was the 44th International Calligraphers Association Exhibition at Metropolitan Art Museum in Tokyo, which 5 of my students and I participated. They worked very hard and we are all happy with the result. One of them even received a award of "creative calligraphy". When I sent him
After 2 years and a half, finally I start to understand the pottery. Rather, my mind and the hands have started connecting. This theory is very similar to calligraphy. You have your image of what you are going to write but it´s hard to reflect it on the paper, as if your hand isn´t connected to
Recently I had a proposal by Kalli san who is one of the main members of Go association in Berlin for calligraphy workshops in the public schools. I was a little worried because my German is rather terrible but since Kalli san told me that he would accompany with me, I agreed. Two weeks ago, we went to the first
This year too I was invited to the Go Championship in Berlin held at Hunboldt-Universität zu Berlin. This year there were more children playing. The future "Kisei (棋聖/ master of Go)" are here. My desk. I was next to the bookshop. Go calendar 2016. This year is a selection of Go terminologies. All handmade, numbered.
During the exhibition, Moment with open eyes, I did a workshop. I´d chosen three characters, which were 月 (Tsuki/ moon), 花 (Hana/ flower), 風 (Kaze/ wind). And our aim was not only practicing how to write those characters but also express their own images over those objects. You may picture crescent as a moon but other
After months of practice and weeks of preparation, finally we had the opening day of our exhibition, Moments of Open Eyes. Thank you very much for coming. It was a very good atmosphere. It started with a fanfare of a unique tranpet made by Wulf, one of the calligraphers and my students. A small demonstration.
