After seminar 枇杷の葉酒

 We had good seminar last Summer, a teacher from Japan. This style (By  Fujishima Sensei)　call Bunjin which inspired Chinese literati painting using unusual material and may be freely arranged to express one’s subjective view of plants. Using Biwa (Loquat) branch and Curcuma (kind of Turmeric, ginger family) good seminar make good result too!

去年の夏日本から藤島先生を招いてセミナーが開かれました。文人調で枇杷とクルクマです。枇杷とウコン！セミナーも良かったんですが更にもっと良い事が。

 

 

I collect all Biwa Leaves (after seminar ）and made Biwa Shu.( Biwa leaves in Vodka ) You need to wash leaves carefully specially hairy back (!?) using teeth brush to remove them!
葉を持って帰って枇杷の葉酒を作りました。 葉を洗ったら裏にある毛を取り除くようにブラシで擦ります。

 

After drying leaves cut into 2cm and put them in the bottle and pour vodka till cover the leaves completely. It will be ready after 3 months.　（ take out all leaves after 3-6 months)

完全に乾いたら２ｃｍぐらいにカットしビンにウオッカで葉が隠れるまで入れます。３ヶ月位から使えるますがもっと置いたらもっと良い物が出来そうなので１年漬けました (３－６ヶ月で葉を取り除いたほうがいい)。

This is one year old, I will call this Buddha’s healing Vodka. You can drink to help intestines, put it on if you have bitten or itchy skin or mouth ulcer etc…Good for baldness? Super natural medicine. ( you may filter with coffee paper and dilute with water)
１年後お釈迦ウオッカの出来上がりです。毛が気になる人はコーヒーフィルターで漉して少し薄めてから飲む、付ける,うがいをする何でもやってください( 禿にも良いって誰か書いてました)。顔が痒いの治りました。

 

 

 

Hand made Umeboshi 手作り梅干

I love Umeboshi (Japanese pickled plum) and I was wondering if I could make it (easily)?

I found a good website, using only a Ziploc bag and salt!

I reduced the quantity of salt used ( usually20-10%), it’s better not too salty, however for a beginner it’s safer to use more.  My conclusion was to use 14 % salt, 2% fruits acid and a bit of  vodka.  I found the plums in an Arabic food store  (left).  The ones below are ordinary English plums.

That’s it.

After 3 months they are ready to eat.

梅干が大好きなんですと英語で書きましたが..あの酸っぱいのが堪らなく,体に良さそうでしかも外国にいるとないものねだりで食べたいでも高い。買うかどうか迷ったあげくの行動です。小さい方はアラビックのお店、大きいのは何処でも売ってるプラムです。

ボールに少々ウオッカをいれ洗って置いた梅をころがし消毒。クエン酸２％と塩１４％を混ぜた物をジップロックに入れるだけ（でもただのナイロンの袋でも大丈夫）そして軽く重しを置く。２-３日で梅酢が出てきます。（大体この段階で梅酢が袋からもれるので面倒な人はそのまま）広口ビンに入れてそのままです。干してもいません。でも酸っぱくておいしいー！梅漬けの出来上がり。

Anual Print Exhibition

 

EXHIBITION

The Art Pavilion

Clinton Road, Mile End, London E3 4QY

December 1st – December 10th. Opening times: 11am – 6pm daily.

PRIVATE VIEW

Thursday 30th November  6pm – 9pm (all welcome)  

EAST LONDON PRINTMAKERS

Click to see all artist—>    http://festivalofprint.com/artists/

 Exhibition Opening Event Thursday 30th November 6-9pm Speaker Shezad Dawood Speeches, Box Set Launch, prizes 6.30pm

Family drop-in print workshop Saturday December 2nd 2-4pm run by Ann Norfield First Thursday Event Thursday December 7th 6-9pm including drop-in screen print workshop by Jairo and Nicola.

East London Printmakers Open Studio Event Saturday December 9th 12- 4pm at 42 Copperfield Road E3 4RR. Workshops, including drop-in screen print workshop by Jairo and Nicola, demonstrations, artists stalls, sale of print

Print Exhibition by ELP

 

EXHIBITION

The Art Pavilion

Clinton Road, Mile End, London E3 4QY

December 2nd – December 11th. Opening times: 11am – 6pm daily.

PRIVATE VIEW

Thursday 1st December 6pm – 9pm (all welcome)  

EAST LONDON PRINTMAKERS

Click to see all artist—>    http://festivalofprint.com/artists/

100 x Madonna Exhibition

WEBSITE AND CATALOGUE: WWW.ARTCATCHER.CO.UK

Accompanying Workshops and Events
Please consult our website www.artcatcher.co.uk
Family Triptych Creation – Paper MakingLife Drawing – Clay Workshop – Gong Meditation – DanceBeliefs and Common Ground Conversation.

久々の投稿あっと言う間に９月です。カタログ作りが速かったのでぜんぜん終わってないものが載ってますがやっと間に合いました。。。。鬼子母神見に来て下さい。

Haven’t finish paiting when this catalogue were made, but finaly finished!

Painting on fabric ‘Kishibojin’

ELP Annual Show 2015 Come to see my cats

East London Printmakers at
Embassy Tea Gallery

 

16^th – 27^th September 2015 10:30-6:00
Private View 15^th September 2015  6-9pm
all welcome

 

For the second year running East London Printmakers is pleased to present its Annual Show at Embassy Tea Gallery.             http://www.embassyteagallery.co.uk/

We are pleased to announce that this year, Anne Desmet, RA, RE, well known wood engraving artist and former editor of Printmaking Today, will be opening the exhibition.

On Friday 25th September, Jairo Zaldua and Nicola Green will be holding screen printing workshops during the South London Art Map open event. Here you’ll have the chance to design, print and take away your own screen print.

East London Printmakers is an independent, artist run studio based in London Fields. Our aim is to provide professional and affordable printmaking facilities for artists and designers and to create opportunities for them to discuss and exhibit their work. We offer Open Access for screen printing on paper and fabric, etching and relief and run a variety of courses and residency schemes.

The studio’s latest box set edition of prints, which is held in the print collection of the V&A Museum, will be on display at the exhibition.

 

 

The 31st CGP London Annual Exhibition

 Batter -Fry  (Etching)

Disterbed (Etching)

 

 

Private View: Friday 7th August 2015 from 6 – 8pm.

Exhibition: Saturday, 8th August – Sunday, 23rd August 2015.
(Open Wednesday – Sunday 11.00 – 17.00)

CGP London

Southwark Park London SE16 2UA

http://www.cgplondon.org/index.php

+44 (0)20 7237 1230

Umeboshi season again 梅干アプリコットの季節

Apricot 1kg  Salt 11% ( 110g) fruit acid 2% (20g)　Bit of Vodka.

Wash ,dry, quickly dip in Vodka then put them in the container （wipe with Vodka) and sprinkle salt over it.

アプリコット１kg　塩１１％（１１０g）クエン酸２%　（２０ｇ）ウォッカ 少々。

軽く洗い干してウォッカにくぐらせビン（ビンもウォッカで消毒）へ, 塩を振り掛ける。

I find  normal Apricot takes longer to produce water, but you don’t need more salt just be patient. This time I used big glass jar,  just incase ziplock burst because you will look and touch it too much !

アプリコットですが硬めを選んだのと大きいので塩がしみこんでいくのが遅いです。水が出るのもゆっくりです。おと年作ったとき3ヶ月後に味見したらアプリコットそのまま。。。。それで塩もクエン酸ちょっと足しました。その結果かなり塩からく酸っぱい梅干が出来ました。今回は塩の分量もクエン酸も控えめです。それとビンを使いました。何故かっていうと毎日ひっくり返して見たりするうちジップロックに穴が開いたからです。適当な割には気にしてる。。。

After a few weeks　looks beautiful… leave this around 6 months.

綺麗なオレンジ色になってます(というかはじめっから？）。どんどん水が出てきて6か月ぐらいほっておきます。

After 6 months looks like Umeboshi and take them out from water. Keep that water and I use as vinegar. specially nice for salad dressing.!

6ヶ月もすると見た目も味も梅干のになります。梅酢はとっておいてオリーヴオイルと混ぜると香りのよいドレシングになります。

Trial    おまけ

Fresh green gage looks very much Japanese Green Plum (Ao ume).　Plum made good Umeboshi before maybe this one will be good!?

綺麗な緑がしがすがしい。青梅のような。。プラムできたんだからこれでも行けるか？もしかすると。。。

After few weeks。looks something else…

腐ってる。。。。。

Green lucky Sweets, 蓬餅を作りたいが。。

I wanted to make Yomogi mochi  which is green sticky rice sweets. Yomogi is Japanese mugwort in English. Mugwort is used for moxa (a traditional Chinese therapy, collect whitish hair from back of leaves. insane !) use for bath, foods etc lots of benifit. You can find any where in Japan, but not in London. I can use Green Tea but keep for last resource.  luckily my friend Nana gave me moroheiya powder!

蓬餅が作りたく生えてる所を探したんですがなかなか見付らないんです（ロンドンでは）。日本だと道路の脇や海や川の近く、これでもかってぐらいあります。最後の手段は抹茶でも良いですが。。。そんな事を話していたら奈々ちゃんがモロヘイヤの粉をくれました。これは第二の蓬餅になるか！

 

Cleopatra loved Moroheiya for her beauty!  (grind from dried leaves)。This plant has stickiness (It’s good for you).　 モロヘイヤの葉を挽いた物です。一瞬餅だと思ったでしょ？。ねばねばーしてませんまだ。

Mix with rice powder ( green bag ) and water then microwave for a few minutes . 水といつもの緑の米の粉と混ぜた所　（量はいつもの適当）そしてチン。

Wrap Anko ball , It’s healthy and tasty green lucky sweet.

餡子を包めば見た目蓬餅！（ 若さかを保つ 和菓子です）

ELP BOX SET EXHIBITION 18 Feb- 22 Mar 2015

East London Printmakers will be exhibiting the ELP Box Set 2014 at Xylonite Arts.

59 artists participating exhibiting at Xylonite Arts in Highams Park.

The exhibition will run from 18 February – 22 March 2015

Xylonite Arts

12 Winchester Road

Highams Park

E4 9LN

The edition is held in the V&A prints and drawings collection and is now featured in the V&A online collection which you can view here.

 

Wish to meet you イカ星人に会いたい

 

This is a sketch for my Etching  ‘ Ika seijin ni　aitai ‘ 　I couldn’t translate this word . I call it ‘ Wish to meet you  ‘

これが最初のスケッチですがタイトルは　’イカ星人に会いたい’　英語のタイトルは I want to meet alien from squid planet　。。。凄く変　　なのでちょうど流れ星もある事で。 Wish to meet you。。。。

Tracing onto paper upside down, already different image ….When I transfer to plate will be more different!

反対向きに複写します。（もうこの時点で変わったイメージになってきたー！）まったく同じになぞるという事が苦手なので版に移すときには違うイメージになってませんように何時も祈ってます。

This is a first print from Etched plate.  I was enjoying dot dot dot action for the ears.

シンプルに仕上げようと思ってたのですが耳に力が入りました。

This is final zink plate.  I wanted to make darker for back ground. Decided to use  Aquatint.  Carefully put  plate  in the  rosin box (with goggles and mask! looks already Alien ),then  heated  it up with fire, cool it down and straight into acid (?! ) I didn’t cover the cat  to not make dark………put it into ACID.I thought that was like few minutes  but maybe 10 second. Bubble came from cat face  Oh Noooooooooooooo! I didn’t cover!

This will be at the show please come to see it!

これが最終の銅版です。背景を夜空のように暗くするため銅版を宇宙人のようになって松脂ボックスへ運びます。その後火であぶり良い匂い（？！）がしてきたら火を止めさまします。その後は猫をカバーするはずだったんです。本当は。それが何故か忘れて液体に突っ込む事何分かなん十秒か。まったく覚えてない。。。。鳥の羽でぶくぶくの泡をとってたら猫の顔が黒くなって慌てて水道口へ走りました。

これ展示するんです。。。。どうなったか知りたい人はぜひ見に来てください。

Embassy Tea Gallery
17th – 28th September 10.30 – 6pm
16th September – Private View 6.30 – 9.30pm
26th September – South London Art Map 10.30am – 9.30pm