Buying thread from a retail store becomes quite expensive when using thousands of meters. Before I discovered a company in Nagoya called, Ozeki (オゼキ), I made this costly mistake many times. At a retail store one hundred meters of thread costs about 230 yen, but at Ozeki, a thread distributor, three thousand meters […]

Last night I finished sewing the inflatable sculpture titled “Stuffed Full” for my show at galleries weissraum in Kyoto. I used over 3000 meters of thread and fit nicely onto two carts for transport.
Today I went to the the Central Airport in Nagoya to pick up my good friend and artist, George Zupp. […]

I received an email from a curator at The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (愛知県美術館) in Nagoya asking me if I would like to do a one day performance at the Museum. I agreed and today I went into the city to meet the curator Fumiko Nakamura (中村史子). She showed me around the […]

Currently I am cutting pattern pieces for the large inflatable installation that I will exhibit at the Laredo Center for the Arts this July. All the sewing is done in my apartment and takes up a lot of space.  I estimatedd that it takes about 23 minutes to sew one tube minus the time […]

Japan is a land of technology and innovation juxtaposed with old traditions. Here is and example of recent ingenuity that caught my eye. These are solar powered construction safety lights that are not wired to a central source. The darkness of night around construction sites and other businesses is peppered by flashing […]

I went to Nagoya to get a re-entry permit on my passport. The immigration office is near Nagoya Castle so Mimi and I went to go see it. The castle is impressive from the outside, but the main structure burnt to the ground during an air raid in World War II. Way […]

I am always on the lookout for functional design.  Recently I visited the Expo site in Aichi.  While exploring the grounds I came across a nice fence design using cylinders of wood and  simple metal hardware that penetrated the posts.  This gave the fence a natural but sturdy look.  At another location I found the […]

Today hit the streets with my bicycle again to see art galleries in Nagoya. It is about 20 km into the city from my apartment. It is far but not to bad since in urban areas a bicycle is as fast if not faster than a car. I am trying to visit […]