Japan Trip 2014 - Temple Tramping

One of my favourite places to visit while I'm in Japan are the temples, both big and small.  I love their serenity, their sense of history and their beauty.  

One thousand origami cranes

Kaminarimon, Sensoji, Asakusa

Incense, Sensoji, Asakusa.  The worshippers direct the smoke onto the parts of their body they want to heal or strengthen.

Ema Tablets, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto.  

Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto

Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto

Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto

Fox spirits at Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto

Fox spirits at Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto

Japan Trip 2014 - Tokyo Streets

Street scenes from my last trip to Japan.  All taken on my iphone.

Japan Trip 2014 - The Tokyo Design Festa in Pictures

My trip to Japan last month went by in a blur.  With just a week on Japanese soil there was so much to fit in, see and do.

My second day there I went to the Tokyo Design Festa, a favourite event of mine.  I always try to time my trips to Japan to get to this show.  It's full of work by designers, illustrators, crafters, painters and performers, there is so much to see and inspire.  Many of the 56,000 visitors to the festa have fun with their appearance  as well so there are lots of fashions and costumes to also amaze. 

There was so much more to photograph, but as it was, I didn't get to see all of the 3000+ booths that were there.  If I had stopped to photograph everything that interested me, I could have seen even half of what I saw.

You can see more photos from my visits to the Design Festa on previous years here, here, here, here, here and here.

Studio Tour

While the studio is somewhat tidy, I thought I'd give you a little virtual tour of the space in which I create.

Glasshouse Open Studios This Weekend!

To tell the truth, I'm a bit of a stickybeak.  I love seeing where and how people create almost as much as seeing what they create.  So last year, when I was invited by a group of local artists to join in their open studio sessions, I jumped at the chance to enable other peoples' stickybeak-ness.

Neville Field

This weekend, over the ANZAC Day long weekend, the Glasshouse Country Arts Trail members will be opening their studio doors to the public and would love for you to come and visit.  It's a chance to not only see work by the artists, but to also see them in action and ask them about their work and processes.

Cholena Hughes

An easy drive from Brisbane or the Sunshine Coast, there are also some lovely places to eat and to take in views of the gorgeous Glass House Mountains.  If you follow me on instagram you'll know I love to photograph my surrounding mountains and would happily point you to my favourite spots.

Printmaking by Neville Field

Elma Dodwell in her ceramic studio

Paintings by Elma Dodwell

My silversmithing desk in my blue studio shed

For more information on the artists taking part this weekend and how to find us please visit the Glasshouse Country Arts Trail site.