On the way home..

Awagami Paper factory

Traditional washi paper making workshop, August 16-August 20

the kozo fibre was soaked in water all night

removing of dark bark

beating the kozo after it was cooked and cleaned

japanese book binding workshop

indigo dying workshop

dried indigo leaves

washi paper dyed with indigo

the museum has a beautiful collection of books in the library

Mima, Wakimachi

letzte Woche in Japan-last week in Japan

International iceberg design

cyanotype on recycled fabric

lamp, cyanotype on  recycled fabric

lamp, recycled washi paper

laser-cut-outs from the small iceberg

chopsticks, laser-cut iceberg silhouette ( I know it looks like a shoe…;)

bookcover, cedar , laser-cut

stacked iceberg, laser-cut used washi paper from Tatoushi (Kimono wrappers)

Open Studio in the Yorii-za theater in Kamiyama

Yorii-za theater,Kamiyama

please take off your shoes

ceramic pieces found on Naoshima Island

Japanese Kanji for Neumann at the top and chinese Kanji for Regine at the bottom.

bowl, found ceramic on beaches in the Seto Inland sea

paper stone, Tokushima newsprint

Sculpture with Shirasu shikkui

Remember the towel boxes in public toilets ? These lamps are made with these towels which I found in a recycling shop.

shoelaces and projection of former installations on wall

The walls of the theater are made with shikkui on bamboo

detail

Hockey-skate laces in Japan

These are the same laces which I used in installations in Cape Cod and in Newfoundland. Weaving and walking…

Resuming work

This is a homage to Jiro Yonezawa and Ueno Masao, two great bamboo masters.. I was fortunate to have a 2 week workshop with Jiro in Haystack 3 years ago.

Going back to Taiwan one more time…

National Museum of Marine Science and Technology

Patrick Demazeau

Lee Kuei-Chih 

Tsuneo Sekiguchi

the horse of the elementary school

drying algue for limonade

Piotr Wesolowski

Steve McPherson

Yi-Shiuan Li

NMMST, Badouzi

just checking if it is still holding up…

Amagoi waterfalls, Kamiyama

Return to the Seto Inland Sea, Inujima Island

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