Postcards from the path

I rarely make jewellery any-more but on the odd occasion, Jo's birthday or as a special favour, I'll take time out to revisit my ini...

This is a short film just posted to YouTube that reveals many traditional processes for the first time. Raising hollow vessels is cal...

Some months back I showed some of these images on facebook. I didn't let on then that they aren't actually paintings at all, in ...

I've been very remiss. Those of you who know my work and some of the story of how I've made my journey into the world of Classical J...

When I woke this morning I had a strong feeling that I simply wanted to not speak today....or at least to speak when only absolutely necessa...

Shudan refers to the intimate communion between the craftsman's hands and his materials. This short (2 minute) film was edited out...

No, not CGI. It is apparently real as is the sound. It's funny how when confronted by something as time consuming as this there's an...

This remarkable piece of carving is the latest work by the Swiss carver, Cornel Schneider. His utter devotion to realism never fails to asto...

Waking... Jasmine! scents the still cool air. I hear Spring. I keep meaning to get back to writing blog entries but as is all to often t...

Some of you have already seen this short documentary film but I've just uploaded a High Definition version with Japanese subtitles onto ...