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Sorry for the long hiatus, the weather is getting colder and colder here, which makes me want to stay lazy. I have just pulled down a small group exhibition of CCA participants at the Maeda community centre in Kitakyushu. I showed a sculpture made out of seeds from fruit, a cast metal sculpture and two watercolour drawings. The work is part of a series I am working on in Japan called ‘portable ends’, dealing with time, preservation, decay and errr pickles. In addition to these works I made Amazake (a fermented rice drink) and served it at the opening night along with tsukemono (japanese pickles) made by Mrs Nomoto-san a very sweet lady I met at the Maeda centre.

Portable Ends (heavy necklace), seeds from fruit, thread and varnish

a detail of Portable Ends (heavy necklace)

Portable Ends (ending), Cast Sterling silver