favorite movie

There is my favorite movie. It is entitled ‘Herbstzeitlosen’, made in Swiss in 2006. 4 old women living in a rural village try to open a hand-embroidered lingerie shop and face to many difficulties until they achieve.

To be honest, I still feel it’s embarrassing to talk about lingerie or research about this. However, without the impure glasses, I can see them as beautiful textile items. They are results of great combinations of each textile discipline.

In this movie, their lingerie successfully became popular.

I know it is just a movie, not a real story, but I also know it can be realised in the real world. I think genuine beautifulness should be recognized, regardless of common sense. If people are concerned about tradition too much and refuse others, many artists will be disappointed, but if people find what the artists want to make, show and tell, their life will be richer with art. I think I should polish up my ability, and believe it until someone likes my works. Art is difficult but art is fun.

I wanna be like them?

My friend told me a good artist who is making cute cookies.

This artist studied textile design at art university in Japan, and after working as a designer for several years, started to work as an artist.

His cookies are all hand made, and can be eaten in spite of its bright colours.

His activity is very close to my ideal. Making works by hand, showing them at exhibitions, collaborating with fashion brands, selling works at a proper prices and making people happy.

When I was researching designers on the first project, I found a knit designer who is doing ‘everything’ -designing, knitting, modeling and photographing - by herself. In the interview, she said she was working whole day, from when she got up to go to bed. It seems quite hard and lonely although she likes her work.

I thought it’s difficult to balance between things want to do and limited time.

things making me want to tough

Today is Christmas!

Suddenly I remember that there are balls made of glass in my house, which are for decoration of Christmas tree. Their weight is almost same as apples, and colures are green, blue, red, yellow, purple and perhaps more.

I clearly remember that I wished to eat them.

Still now, I guess I might feel like to put it into my mouth if I found them.

Recently my friend in pre-university showed some pictures of her works made from ceramic and glass. She made Japanese-styled plates and cups, and they made me feel like to use, feel like to touch.

Although material is different, I noticed that she has done what I want to do.

This is my desire to make fabric that make people want to use, want to touch.

an inspiring friend

I talked with my Japanese friend who is studying photography, tonight. 

We both are students of art school, but I think this time is the first time to talk about our each work.

I like textiles, but also like to know about other kinds of things, there are thousands of interesting things in the world, actually. His photographs are also interesting, and I like them. I thought there are stories behind his pictures, and he told me it was an important point to become a good photographer.

It was also good to know how person who is not related to textiles think about my works, and what is his favorite, because I always show my works only people who have similar value to me.

I don’t know when is the next time to talk with him, but I want to show better works at that time.

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Dovecot studio

Yesterday, I went to Dovecot studio in Edinburgh.

"All tied up" exhibition was great, and Dovecot studio itself was great as well.

I found a interesting book, and bought it for my own christmas present.(a bit early though)

There are many interesting people related to textiles, in the book. I hope to see such people as many as I can.

How many people will you meet in your whole life? Hundreds? Thousands? Or millions?

I met many people in my 19 years and all of them might give any influence on me. I have heard that someone said that we all had drawers in ourselves, and were making new one at every appropriate moment, and people open one of the drawers when they need. Maybe people who I met in my life became sake for making a new drawer.

I’m not satisfied with my drawers yet.

I believe if I broaden my knowledge, I can have bigger possibility in my future. I think I should not stop making drawers, and should keep its quality. I should not be satisfied with my drawers. Enough is not enough!

My favorites in friends' works

Today I revised friends' works that I have taken photo on 15th.
I really enjoy look around all work, and found many favorites. In the favorites, I found similar points.
Each of them has fine lines, or triangular shapes.
I noticed that some of my works also have these points.

One of my bad habits as student is, being lazy to reflect my own works after I made them. Therefore, I have rarely thought about patterns among my works, before. That's shame fact, obviously less fruitful.

From now on, I'm going to revise and analyse my works as often as possible!

Friends' works

one of my works 

Kelvingrove park

I went to Skypark to tidy up my works in this morning.

I met Stephen, and he said that our studio was closed by noon.

What a fool I am, I should have check VLE, web mail or notice boards.

I felt lazy to get back to my flat, but didn't feel like to kill time in Mcdonald’s because I was full, so finally decided to walk the opposite way to my flat.

I know I’m totally lack the sense of direction, and I would loose my way, but it didn’t matter. There was too much time.

After walking 30min, I arrived Kelvingrove Park, by chance.

There are few people, is snow all around and is in silence.

It was unlucky day today, but changed to lucky day at that time.

I enjoyed the time to walk around the park, rest on a chopped tree, and lost my way to get back to Skypark, at last.

49 project end

Today was the end of 49 project.
Most people have made their own space in this morning, including me.

When I was making my space, Jo advised me to put paper beneath 3D works. Actually the colour of floor (subtle blue gray) and the colour of my 3D forms (virtually white) are mismatched, so this idea was clever. I put black paper under the works and it showed my works better, I think.

Although I've already seen works of classmates before (not all), I haven't seen more than half of works that have been done by students in other department. Especially, interior design and visual communication, it was first time for me to go around their work space, and absolutely it was nice to see their works.

orange & blue

When I was walking to Skypark in this morning, I found 2 courageous guys. The are on the roof without tie! I think I should have worried about their situation, but I was attracted to good colour combination of orange and sky blue that they made.

Usually I don't use combination of blue & red but I decided to try, and notice that I quite like it.
Today was lucky day, because I found my new favorite colour combination by chance.

Friend's work and talk

When I was talking with my Japanese friend, our talk was going to be about complaint of Japanese educational environment. She said that she could her work much more successful in GSA than in Japan.
I agree with her. 


I came from Tokyo. My hometown is Tokyo.

I haven't thought that it is a lucky thing for a long time, because people surrounding me were same as me, and we didn’t know ‘other people’, nor  ‘other places’.

When I was a school child, I often complained about the environment of education, despite there is everything. Yes, there is everything we need, in Tokyo, I think.

If so, why Tokyo was such a boring place for me?
This is because, many people only look for convenience, and cut off the needless things in a short period.

It is like a tree with no leaves, flowers but fruits on its branches.

More and more birds are coming to this tree, but I didn’t want to stay there.

I moved to Glasgow. My current school is in Glasgow.

I believe I can see many things that I haven’t seen before, in this following 4 years. This experience will lead me to the unique way that is slightly but definitely different from the way which I was following in the last year.

unexpected composition

I think people rarely meet touching moments (some lucky guys meet many times) in their lives.

Are these expected? Or not?

In my opinion, the more unexpected it is, the more unforgettable it will be. Great moments always happen, cannot be made by man, I have believed.

It isn’t true.

There are great designers who design a moment which is not like calculated but actually calculated. 

Now I’m working in small desk, but many unexpected interesting things happen almost everyday. Today I found small pieces of paper making interesting composition. 

I admire people who are related to the advertisements below.

They know how to make a touching moment.

the importance of reorganise

I made a small,  floral piece today, and this is a most satisfying piece in today's work.
It is because, although I wanted to use a piece of mono-printed paper from the beginning of project,  I haven't found a good way to use. Therefore, I began to think I failed at the process of printing and this print is poor.
Now, I surely understand that I just wanted another reason for my poor variety of ideas. Actually, that print was not successful piece as a print, but it had a possibility as a material. If I keep avoiding using this print, it might be rubbish finally. However, interestingly, when we reorganise something, we can see it differently, better or worse.
I think it is related to designers' job.  High quality materials don't always produce high quality result, but poor quality materials sometimes produce high quality result. Whether it is going to better or worse, is depending  on the ability of designer.

learning environment

I remember an important thing this morning. Why I came here and what I really wanted to learn in here.
It's snowing from last night to this morning, and it shows town magical. I've never seen such a beautiful scene before, and I recognised that I like this feeling, at once.
Usually, I decide 99% of my behavior following my feeling, whatever it is big or small decision. Every experience is always memorised with feeling and it gonna be sake for the next. I surely understand this feeling should not be forget and it's a part of what I have wished to feel in here. This fact is important for me, because if there are far less exiting feeling or experiences in here, I don't need to be in here anymore. I should study in Japan as I have used to do.
Although it is a tiny find, I believe the words 'many a little makes a mickle', and keep on making effort to reflect my feeling on my works.