using pinking shears, construction paper, paint, markers, twine and music, i make a big banner sign for my kiddo’s birthday […]
Making Ichiro’s Birthday banner sign in the kura Read Post »
Over-stuffing an adorable pink scrap-journal with Lettraset letters and a mix of hidden messages, and a barrage of typewriters: Remington,
Typewriters, Typers & Ephemera (in a secret agent scrapbook montage) Read Post »
“With over 400 cards now posted for this new year – in four different styles/variations/purposes – I flip through a
New Year Card round-up flashback chit-chat #video Read Post »
Overhead view of arts and crafts-ing New Year card “nengajyo” for 2024, or Reiwa 6 in Japan. Starting with a
Making of New Year Card, 2024 + archival nengajyo treats Read Post »
All these records bring me joy so i am tidying up in the wake of a super enjoyable visit from
Tidying Up Vinyl Records in the Kura (find the right neighbourhood to spark joy Read Post »
Opening a big santa sack of recent items by post including aerogrammes/ aerograms, passports, international driver’s licenses, documents, hotel letterhead,
Sort-ganizing Ephemera by Post (with Royal Dudes & the Muffs) Read Post »
Ambient views and vibes of making a series of 4 very different postcards ~ fiddling with stamps (postal and inky),
Postal Art cards hang out (in kura barn with Bill Janovitz tunes) Read Post »
Remixing expired passports from Romania and Albania into “dossiers of mystery and tactical intrigue” complete with endorsements, visas, assignments, sightings,
Forging Passports, so to speak (“life during wartime”) Read Post »
In front of a wood stove, Dave stashes cards from the “string of honour” into archival book while recounting tales
Festive Greetz Cards Scrapbook Time (backwards) Read Post »
Just transcribing poetry notebooks, journals, diaries, and so on on a “typewriter-style” computer input device (a gift from Dome Wonderland)
Transcribing Poetry Diaries in Kura (ambient video w/ tunes) Read Post »
Hangout in the Kura barn while i light sage, spin Ornette Coleman and fill up an accordion-style scrapbook with postcards
Accordion-style Postcard Scrapbook hangout (with jazz and sage) Read Post »
Working on establishing rhythm / maintaining momentum by not overthinking + rocking a routine (incense, meditation, tea, lighting, music) and
“Space out & look at notebooks” (to maintain momentum on poetry book) Read Post »
Ambient hanging out typing liner notes (on an Olivetti Lettera 34) for mixed CDs and cassettes while listening to Joe
Typing Liner Notes in the Kura (with Joe Strummer vinyl) Read Post »
From my barn studio in provincial Japan come spontaneous annotations about undertaking a new project. In this case: compiling a
Circumnavigation (poetry book) ~ Let’s make a start Read Post »
Typing Aerogrammes in the kura barn studio – Really, that’s it, typing aerogrammes on an Olivetti Lettera 34 at a
Typing Aerogrammes (ambient, in the kura barn studio) Read Post »
Assembling Jack Kerouac ephemera dossiers and stamping postcards, scribbling letters while chatting, grouching about misplacing things and listening to REM’s
Assembling Kerouac Dossiers and Poetic Letters, in the Kura #video Read Post »
