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Tag archives: Shodo calligraphy

In reisho calligraphy – the movement and light of the seasons

I worked from Suenaga 末永 Sensei’s reisho 隷書 style of a peaceful and joyful poem by 6th C Chinese poet 陸瓊 (りく けい)Rikukei: 春風秋月恒好 spring wind autumn moon always pleasing …

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5 July, 20205 July, 2020Posted inArt activitiesTags: Shodo calligraphy

Shakyo – bringing the Sutra to life with each brush stroke and pen mark

Our first online Shakyo 写経 practice event saw us come together from Scotland, and elsewhere such as the rest of the UK and Canada, forming a lovely group of sutra …

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11 June, 202016 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Glasgow Zen Group, Shakyo, Shodo calligraphy, Soto Zen

Tracing the heart of the Heart Sutra – Tokyo 2019

Towards the end of the year as the dry leaves rustled across the pavements, Blair practiced Shakyo Sutra tracing at temples in Tokyo, working mainly from Genjo’s version of the …

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5 February, 202011 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Shakyo, Shodo calligraphy, Soto Zen

Shodo zen calligraphy practice

Trying out the zen enso circle, symbol of universality and the idea of beauty within imperfection. Small to medium fude for sho on single hanshi sheets. Working on the character …

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30 March, 201729 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Shodo calligraphy, Soto Zen

Sho calligraphy mark making

Making some marks with fude brushes and fudepen using Japanese sumi ink. Beginning practicing for a series of three Drawing and Painting Studio workshops. Experimenting with the brush stopping and …

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5 March, 201730 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Shodo calligraphy, Soto Zen

Traces of Time | 時間の足跡

Here are a selection of images of the show plus some Omotesando street views around Gallery 80 in Omotesando Hills building (Aoyama area, Tokyo). It was a very pleasant time …

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1 December, 20125 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: drawing & painting, exhibitions, Japan, Omotesando exhibition, photography, Shodo calligraphy

Selecting artworks for Gallery 80, Tokyo

I’m getting everything together just now for the show in Omotesando Hills, Gallery 80 ( 12-18th November). There is going to be a series of 24 small paintings and several …

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23 September, 20123 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: abstract, drawing & painting, exhibitions, Omotesando exhibition, photography, Sculpture & Installation, Shodo calligraphy, Tokyo

New piece for Roger Billcliffe Gallery

The Glasgow based Roger Billcliffe Gallery asked me for some work for their ’20:20 vision’ (Summer Exhibition 2012 from 16th june through july) and I popped round from the studio …

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16 June, 20125 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: abstract, drawing & painting, exhibitions, Shodo calligraphy

‘Suibokuga’ ink landscape joint pieces

These works are joint-pieces, landscape project wide scroll like artworks by students I have worked with. The first piece was made at my studio in winter and the second was …

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28 February, 20125 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: drawing & painting, Japan, Land art, Scotland, Shodo calligraphy

Recent work and studies

Recent studies using mixed media on card, paper and sketchbooks have been leading to much more free and abstracted pieces that is the way I’m trying to push forward into …

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27 January, 20125 August, 2019Posted inArt activitiesTags: abstract, drawing & painting, Sculpture & Installation, Shodo calligraphy

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