Thank you everybody for visiting my blog and support for this year. Wishing you all a lovely Christmas and a wonderful new year! Here are m...

Here is something you might be interested in after the Christmas rush.  I will be doing my first open studio & stock sale on Sa...

A beautifully illustrated postcard by Sanae Sugimoto has arrived from Japan.  Among many artists with multi disciplines, I truly ...

Thank you for those who entered my Christmas Giveaway via my blog (English and Japanese one). My little assistant has chosen a winner o...

Hello everyone. I used to do giveaway in my blog this time of year but I haven’t done it for ages, so I thought I’d like to do anothe...

Two day event Crafted By Hand has now finished. I have forgotten how tiring it can be after three years. Today was meant to be my stu...

Ok, it’s November and my next show is on this weekend (yeek!), so please allow me to finally mention Christmas!  All of my Christma...

One more week to go to the show! Eeek! Am I ready??? Following the last post, today I’d like to show “rakugaki” series. “rakugaki” ...

Counting down to the next show CRAFTED BY HAND in Masham, North Yorkshire on 5th & 6th November. Prior to that I have been posting...

Last weekend we went to Hebden Bridge to visit my late mentor David C White ’s grave yard. It’s been already five years this October si...

Hello everyone. I haven’t posted much here lately, as all of the Team Hastings has been ill health one after another nearly for a month...

Date for your diary. I am currently working hard toward the show, Crafted By Hand in Masham, North Yorkshire on Sat 5th & Sun 6t...

この記事を日本語で読む（→ こちら ） Another first time episode.  Sabrina has moved into her new bedroom officially last week.   She did not have ...

こ の記事を日本語で読む（→ こちら ） Today, my three years old daughter played with sand, officially, for the first time. What do you mean? Yo...

この記事を日本語で読む（→ こちら ） Summer is here everyone! (well, maybe not for everyone in the world.) We are enjoying lovely August sunshine, m...