by David | Feb 26, 2010 | culture, design
After – way after – a 13th century painting by monk Mu Qi.
by David | Feb 2, 2010 | culture, design
If you squint at it, you can sort of see the bird.
by David | Jan 25, 2010 | culture, design
This is why, in the old days, you had to grind ink for a year before they let you touch a brush.
by David | Jan 11, 2010 | culture, design
Starting a sumi-e class. It’s not so much the ink or the subject matter, it’s the way of seeing.
by David | Jan 1, 2010 | design
Well, we’ve made another trip around the sun, just one of the possible significances of this year’s new year card image. In a break from historical practice, rather than using a photograph of some kind, I hand-painted one of these circles on each card....
by David | Dec 22, 2009 | culture, design, eating
