ASAGAO !

It’s been soooooo long time !
Do you still remember me?
It’s Yuka chan here :)

I want to write blog now because I’m growing my plants !!



2nd of May I sowed seeds of many kind of flowers such as morning glory, mints and strawberry etc.

Today I checked every little pots and I found that one morning glory is sprouting!!
It made me so happy and the same time cry (happy cry)

That’s why I opened this blog again.
But I guess this is really good opportunity to have a look this again and I felt that I want to continue to write blogs again like I used to 4 years ago.

Thank you for reading my blog!

I will keep to tell you about my plants and also my life <3

Final Major Project 'Yumenosekai'

My final piece is ‘Yumenosekai’(‘Dream World’), which features Japanese Kawaii style. My final piece pays tribute to children’s imagination, which inspired me to design 3 posters and 9 sewn felt toys. The posters show three herbivore animals; giraffe, zebra and lama. The collection has been stimulated by my recent visit to a toyshop in Amsterdam and can function as a potential product design/branding approach for children’s merchandise.

I felt that I was successful in using colourful felt because I could make toys that matched the drawings, and they look and feel soft. Also, the felt is very safe for children, their parents do not need to worry about the children harming themselves with the toy. I made them to be toys, but also I wanted the children to use them after they have played with them, so I added the wool hook to the toys.

 In terms of the three animal posters, the initial poster did not look professional because it had not been edited. That’s why it was better to make the poster by hand and then edit it using Photoshop. This also allowed me to improve my Photoshop skills.   

I still need to learn a lot of things in terms of Indesign and Photoshop but thorough the final major project I could learn and develop a basis for me to improve my knowledge upon, for me, it was a very big advancement and growth.

In my space

I hope to be able to produce things that make people happy through my final artworks and future artworks.

Thank you xxx

Zine City Project

Trace Project ''My Cells''

1.Why do I want to do this?

I always draw my cells, so I thought this is an example of the world trace.

That's why I decided to make ''my cells''.

2.What is ''My Cells''?

These are a part of my body, for example they are within my brain.
It can change everyday, anytime.

I drew the inside of my brain to express these moments and to record them.
I think recording something is very important because otherwise if you don't do it,
it is going to disappear and never come up again.

3.How to make it?

I drew my cells on two transparent sheets and used a projector.

I could feel a layer of shadow.

film - ''every moment''

put on the colour 

because I think colour also can show my feelings so it is going to important.

I made the video and uploaded it on youtube.

the final one is about my life in Farnham.

https://youtu.be/9YeMGq8jtHI

thank you xxx

TRACE 12.OCT.Mon and 13.OCT.Tue

12.OCT.Monday

We discussed about artwork in relation to the concept of TRACE.

The begging I did not know that what is trace.

During the lecture we discussed artwork of some artist.

The one of my favourite was ‘Breath’ by Gabriel Orazco.

When I saw this first time I thought it is something steam of plate, but actually it was someone’s breath.

Then I could understand that this is also trace. Actually I have seen this kind of trace in my sister’s room because she always was sleeping on the top of the piano when she was tired. That is why for me, it is the artwork, which is very close on my life.

In addition, we watched artworks ‘Something Making Something Leeds to Nothing’ by Francis Alys, ‘Following Piece’ by Vito Accouci, ‘Rock Drawing’ by Richard Long and ‘Rubbing’ by Ana Meudieta.

I thought every trace work relate to our life like something the piano, ice, rock and snow. Those materials are familiar to us.

More than being able to see in real arts, I was able to deepen my understanding.

13.OCT.Tuesday

Drawing day!!! My hands became the drawing machines. We drew around every each of paper, it was so much fun. I used my kitchen object, which is a spoon and fork. After using drawing machines, I used a white pencil for something trace. I drew a lot of mushrooms every part of paper. Then everyone realized that I drew it! I think it is something my symbol. After finished we took 10 pictures, it is also trace.

We made Drawing Machine2 to use toilet papers and cardboards.

I think this idea that using it is mazing because usually people think that they are something worthless, but they’ve became beautiful drawing machine.

Trace of machine

It looks like strip of paper. We hung it from a ceiling. I think this colour and the gap between from a ceiling express our emotion and feeling.

Before doing this, I haven’t expected this artwork is beautiful.

I could have knowledge of trace during two days.