Autumn

The first day of fall is upon us...

Autumn traditionally starts on September 21
The Autumnal equinox begins in the Northern hemisphere on Monday, September 23

We have 4 seasons in a year here and I enjoy all four of them.
Right now I'm looking forward to the discolouring and shedding of the leaves,
the variety of mushrooms in the woods and the smell of autumn.

Craftsmanship

I'm so impressed by these handmade spoons and tea canisters!

Why not enjoy the beauty of arts and crafts everyday?

Just to be clear: this is not a sponsored post.

I just want to let you know where I got them in case you're interested.

∙ The spalted beech wooden spoon is made by Patrizia.

∙ The black urushi spoon is made by wood artisan Tomii Takashi.

∙ The tea canisters from Karmi series are made in Yamanaka and designed by THINGS

(Satoshi Yasushima & Tomoko Honda). I bought them from KotoTea shop at Etsy.

Be aware you might have to pay considerable taxes to Customs!

Toast

beautiful Japanese Usuhari glass, the thinnest of all glasses 

A toast to you having a lovely weekend! Cheers!!!

Camera Japan Festival

Last Saturday we visited the Camera Japan Festival.

The reason we travelled all the way to Amsterdam (smile)

We really wanted to see the short animated film,

designed for the Camera Japan Festival, on a extra large screen!

To my humble opinion this film is a very succesful cooperation

between some HKU students (graphics) and the kenderman (music)

here a couple of stills...

You can watch the short film here...

In preparation for Camera Japan we enjoyed some delicious Japanese food at Tempura.

And then we headed for Kriterion.

Where we saw the animated film on a big screen (big smile)
Followed by a beautiful Japanese film Flower and Sword.
We really enjoyed it so we'll be back for a later edition!

Heavyweight

What do you think about this small paper weight... the Takaoka cast iron whale?

I just instantly loved it and bought it online at Champagne Pony Club

Beyond The Shadow Of A Doubt

Kitty

I just couldn't resist this, almost Japanese looking, plate and bowl..

Laundry

I'm "forced" to enjoy doing the laundry as much as I can ☺︎

Enjoy your weekend!

DIY

If you would like to fold your own aardvark click here

It may take all weekend (smile)

Have a nice weekend!

Simple Beauty

Slow Coffee

I bought the kenderman a Kinto coffee maker.
I'm a green tea drinker myself.
It didn't surprise me it's a Japanese design...... again :)

Our quooker comes in handy.
This must be one of the best things we've ever bought!

Archive II

Mythological Ainu bear.

You can see my earlier post about this bear here and,
something completely diffirent, a post about a polar bear here.

Blind

For the observant viewer: just one handle on our tap :-)

This is the design I chose for the kitchen.
It looks like handmade paper. I saw something like this 10 years ago.
The brand was Wood and Washi but they don't produce it any longer.
Luckily I found a similar one made by Luxaflex.
It's quite an expensive blind but I think it looks stunning!
I'm chuffed to bits!!!

Scoop

This scoop is from Analogue Life and it was designed by Yoshiyuki Kato.

I really have a weak spot for Japanese craftmanship :-)

Truck

I don't read that much but I like books with photos.

I love this Truck table but we already bought a new one.

I'm so excited because we will pick it up next sunday.......

A really nice book about Truck with several photos.

New

I bought this cup from Horitsuke.

You can see the different products here.

Hectic Life

Think about the effect your hectic life can have on you.

Make sure you enjoy your weekend!

Sunny Bear

Wishing you a nice and sunny weekend!

The Bear

What do you think of our latest Ebay find?

It's probably Japanese although it was sold as a Schwarzwalder (German) carving.
I think this must be an Ainu bear from Hokkaido.
The bear is carrying a big skewered fish on a wooden branch.
The Ainu considered the bear the mythological hero that taught them to fish, hunt, weave and so on.

I was searching for a Ainu bear for a while because I think the quality of the Ainu carving is excellent!
Kitka triggered me. Kitka is one of my favourite blogs and they have an online shop called Mjölk.
Just like Juli and John, I love Scandinavian and Japanese design.

Our bear isn't marked, has no signs what so ever.

One minor detail is the awkward scent of the wood.

Hopefully this smell will dissappear eventually.

Floriade II

Gondola

(Naguisa bench by Toyo Ito)

The Healing Dragon

Spain

The Netherlands

To be continued...........