第7回1000の小箱展 / National Open Art

　　　　　　　　

I am exhibiting 2 small works in The 2014 Small Boxes Exhibition, Kankaku Museum in Miyagi, Japan. This museum of perception looks fascinating place to see as I am interested in (textile) arts related to human senses. The exhibition is using 1000 drawers and people can open as they like to enjoy the artworks until 1st of March 2015. (I should've taken some pics of works before I send them...! But I try to take some when I go see there in Feb.)

１１月末から宮城県にある感覚ミュージアムというところの『１０００の小箱展』にて、イギリスにいるときに作った２作品を来年の３月１日まで展示しています。私も今度見に行く予定で、常設も興味のあるものがたくさんある所なのでとても嬉しいし楽しみです。

Also, I am selling my artwork on The National Open Art Competition as it was long-listed to their competition last summer. Please check this out.

The National Open Art Competitionというサイトで私の作品が売っています。これも夏にロンドンから応募したコンペにロングリストされたものです。

Post-Grad. Days in Sussex

As I said before, I've moved to Sussex in the late August.

Above is a moment of the day I moved into the house. What a sky.

A few days later, we had a walk to South Downs national park.

What a sky!

Last week at 7 o'clock when I've been for a walk alone.

This is a massive field just outside the house and I was a bit scared because I couldn't see anything. Though I can usually view the national park behind here. What a sky..!!

Windows of my room. Thanks for the flowers Mario.

And I do enjoy observing abandoned buildings like this. This one is found just around my living area.

My recent practice, outdoor printmaking.

I'm learning it from Dora under the sun.

I haven't been working with much colours so long for some reason, but now I'm enjoying my works to be coloured and layered on and on.

Photos by Dora Burns and Honami Nishii

Print works by Honami Nishii

Recent fabric samples & installation mockets

All works and photos by Honami Nishii

Helping Dora Burns for her IN:SITE Project

IN:SITE Festival

Work by Dora Burns

Photo by Honami Nishii

I've been to Birmingham this week for the first time!

It was for helping my friend Dora Burns to make her site specific work at Birmingham Cathedral.

About the work please have a look at IN:SITE Festival.

Since this August I've been living in her place in London and Sussex, Dora and me are now family and co-workers in her garage. I was very happy to be involved to her project as an assistant.

I thought I was always an independent worker, not keen to team-work. But this time I'm learning a lot from her, liking team-work and our improvised uniform!

Honami and Dora in their uniform at the printing Stand

Dora checking resist print on fabric before indigo dyeing

We ombre-d our aprons in the end.

ME IN MY FRIENDS' BLOGS

Photo ©GavinFreeborn

THE FREEBORN TRAVELLING PORTRAIT PROJECT

My irish friend Gavin wrote about me on his blog with nice portraits in Crystal Palace!

Also he is the one who took my artist photo on Honami Nishii's website.

I'm so pleased to be a part of his portrait project!

Photo ©generalLink

general Link

Also general Link (Japan) pre-cerebrated my return to Japan later this year.

Not planned what to do in Japan at all yet, but I am so excited to go back there soon.

I am lucky enough to have one remembering and waiting me in Japan.

BROKEN WORK

Broken work and photo by Honami Nishii

I'm still alive, just being away from the Internet for a while.

Recently I've moved to West Sussex from London, I still keep making things as well as discovering new and being calm in countryside.

Being surrounded by fresh air and green is too good to me, like I didn't get mad even if I broke my fragile work like above.

Website update

http://www.honaminishii.com/Relief

Reproduced my embossed pieces (following on from graduate work) in smaller scale.

And they are neatly mounted and framed.

My degree work now on website

Finally...finished editing. I have put more images of my degree work.
Please check them if you missed the degree show!
www.honaminishii.com

And I work more.

My show space

Having british lunch with my parents

 Fish & Chips with Mashed Peas, Bangers & Mash, and Steak & Mushroom Pie.

Day trip to Paris. 

Me being amazed by Tokujin Yoshitaka's bench in Musee d'orsay while mum and dad enjoying Van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne etc.

And again laser cutting, but this time as a graduate.

And again embossing with heat press, but this time as a graduate.

Time flies!

I think I am now officially a graduate (cos my student card has been expired obviously)

 however I don't feel so.

I've received my result last week it was good I'm satisfied. I took my parents to my degree show and touring with them in London and Paris. Take down the show on Monday and I collected my work. And then reproducing my print in uni to sell and to apply some art competitions. Still need to work on my unfinished website and others.  I was thinking to leave London in the end of July, but it won't be true. I think I can't be ready to leave in a month.

  

'Art & Textiles : Fabric as Material and Concept in Modern Art from Klimt to the Present' (2013)

My recent favourite book which I am trying to buy. 

I found a funny one in there, woven basketball court with traditional south american patterns.

(Shame I didn't write down the name of artist..!)

TED BLOG

                          

                     

     Image and text from TED

     My degree work is featured by TED (Textile environment design) 

    on their blog post about our degree show review!

http://blog.tedresearch.net/2014/06/19/ba-textile-design-graduate-show-2014/

WEBSITE LAUNCH

www.honaminishii.com

I made my website finally! I will update my final degree work page later..(there will be more images on this section and maybe previous projects as well...)

やっと自分のウェブサイトを作りました、卒制の展示の写真を取り次第また更新します。その際過去３年間のプロジェクトも載せる・・・たぶん。

THE SHOW IS..

Photo taken by me @Chelsea College Parade Ground (Someone's artwork)

The private view was yesterday, was hot (physically) and crowded till 9pm.

This lasts till next weekend so I'm going to see other courses' works during next week.

Final Hand-in & Show Prep

Deadline is over. 

Handed in everything I need for getting my diploma!!

 Pics of my last days in uni.

A pile of paper rolls and fabrics + a hint of creativity = MY STUDIO

Show space working in progress

When my work becomes a table cloth..

Handed in my pre-collection works done in the first term.

And my final project's research and experiment part of works

as examiners will assess these including my fabric installation and film.

I am showing my final works (installation and film) in the degree show, Chelsea College of Arts from 13th until 21st of June. See you there!
http://events.arts.ac.uk/apex/EventFormPage?id=a0RD0000009aAlVMAU&book=true