Japan
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Remembrance message to Japan one year since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
11th of March 2011 One year on, we wish to express our warmest wishes from Scotland, UK, to you all in Japan, and especially to the people of Tohoku – we deeply admire and are inspired by your bravery, dignity and determination. Pages from Yahoo Japan, about the earthquake and people’s response Shovel Brigade –
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‘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 made on the inspiring Abernethy annual art excursion (Hamilton College) to the Cairngorms area, where I am fortunate to enjoy making artwork and doing some
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Cooking some winter Japanese food
After some Tenzo cooking duties at New Year have been using genmai brown rice more for experimenting with filling chahan dishes, plus simple miso shiru soups like tofu and spring onion. You are going to need miso and katsuo dashi fish stock for that and some mirin, sake optional (but great to drink hot with