I'm working on Kokeshi brooches today . Firstly, I paint their hair and faces.... Then their "kimonos" are prepared, all ti...

I recently put my Kokeshi collection on display.  Inspired by these shadow boxes and this conversion , I used a cutlery drawer from Ikea an...

Wow, well there is much to show and tell about my trip to Japan. So for today, some market shots.  I was there to buy kimonos but ...

My little kokeshi. Drawn tonight using Illustrator and Photoshop.

Some girls grow out of playing with dolls. I never did it seems. I'll blame my mum - she's a doll collector. I was never into Bar...

A little peek at some new pieces I'm playing with at the moment... bamboo and vintage kimono fabrics with hand painted details... For ...

Every night, while we slumber, we do so in peace knowing that these guys are watching out for us.

I'm playing with Photoshop tonight. This image... ... now looks like this... What do you think? More beauty with age?

A new range of pendants, the "Kawaii Cottons" range. Getting ready for a resin pouring session early tomorrow morning (and yes, t...

I'm lucky that, for the most part, the little one sleeps well during the night. Daytime can be a different story however. There are peri...

I discovered a new, eye-candy blog today, via Animegirlie , called A Print A Day. She regularly posts new artwork as well as downloadable d...

Hi! My name is Natsumi . I was born last night. I'm Yuka ’s little sister. I don't look much like Yuka though, which mummy says m...

Ahhh .. what to do on a sick day when you don't feel like staying in bed. Sit on the sofa and play on your computer of course! I've ...

I was in a folding mood last night and so I started making a stack of new kokeshi paper dolls. Here's a few of them. I haven't actu...