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plastic dreams

My friend took me to Melissa's sample sale. I told myself again and again that I would never shop this month, and I bought two pairs of shoes there. I just wanted to see her shoes because I was interested in plastic shoes after I saw them in various magazines. I'm really afraid that I might go there again to get another pair.

I have an excuse. They are so beautiful, I can call them art.
Their shiny surface, simplicity of using just one material for the entire shoe is very unique. And, collaboration with other great artists/designers such as Vivian Westwood and Zaha Hadid lifts her world to infinity.

My husband says that he wants to see the shoes in the picture, he has a great respect for Zaha Hadid who designed the pair for a special project.

I don't know if I can find them in the sample sale, but I could use that as another excuse to buy another pair...

hair sticks

When I was cleaning my room today, I found two Japanese hair sticks that I wore at my wedding.

I bought them in Kyoto.
When I close my eyes, I still see the old, small store with an old lady owner. She only carried those traditional hair sticks in a glass case. I hope she still runs the store.

Those flowers are made of white silk. I wore them with red Kimono at a reception party. I was told that wedding day was the last day that I could wear this long-sleeved kimono, called Furisode.

I suddenly remembered that on my wedding my father was still alive and he was nervous to walk the aisle with me. I feel like it was so long ago.

fall in love with Mr. Herkimer

I found a Herkimer Diamond at a stone company in the city. "Diamond"?

Can't be, if this is the size of a diamond, I can buy a car.

I found that they are quartz crystals that have acquired their pseudo-name because they are mined primarily in Herkimer County, NY.

They sure look like raw diamonds because they have natural eighteen-sided faceting.
I have been looking at all types of quartz lately. To me, it's a quartz to wear when I smell summer in the air.

Those Hekimar stones are also local grown in NY, I thought I should take it to try to make a sample piece as a local designer.

I am very exited to think of jewelry design with this stone for the next collection. Something raw, something rough, and a bit of romantic sweet.
I am lucky to have this job, I can make myself happy thinking of my work. Arigato!

cappuccino art one two three..

I am always amazed whenever I stop by a coffee shop in Japan to have a cup of cappuccino. They are called Cappuccino art!
Here are some images that I found.

today's music at my studio #2

Linda Lewis is so wonderful.
I am so into her album "Reach for the Truth" which my husband gave me.

ballet lesson

I took a ballet lesson.

I used to take ballet classes as a child and wondered if I could still remember ballet moves. Ballet terms are French wherever you take a lesson in the world.
As a child, I didn't know how to spell all those words in French but I still knew what those meant. (Now I have to know how to spell English words so that I am able to know how to pronounce them.)

Coupe, Chasse, Sus-Sous, Passe....I was surprised that I actually still knew what I was supposed to do when a teacher said those words.

In a mirror, I was heavy and slow as a dancer. But I felt like I was a ten year old kid again.

I never wanted water so badly after the class. Will there be the next class? Maybe not, but what shall I do with those shoes.

today's music at my studio #1



I can stay at my studio and solder all day with his music.

artist: Shugo Tokumaru
song:Rum Hee