Gallery Introductions: The Earth and all in it

My latest gallery has a grand-sounding name, “The Earth and all in it”.

In it you will find not only the original designs

Cal 14 01 scan for web

but also photographs of the solids crafted from them.

C1401 photo for web

The Earth is the LORD’s

together with brief stories behind the images.

I hope eventually to publish a craft book to show how these solids may be assembled.

 

From the craft book

I have long been fascinated by patterns in nature, ranging from the microscopic to the cosmic. I have striven to maintain a child-like sense of wonder in my observations of space, skies, flowers and living creatures. I hope we may discover a common bond with people of all ages and cultures as we appreciate the beauty out there, and catch the hope that there is a meaning behind it all.

 

A bilingual explanation

Two months ago I tried to get a Christian publisher here in Japan to take up my designs for a calendar. I sent this bilingual explanation with the designs. In case you are wondering, I was politely turned down; but it was they who suggested I consider making a craft book.

説明 Explanation

Month

タイトル Title

Scripture

聖書の聖句

地球はのものである。

The Earth is the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

24:1

水はのものである。

Water is the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

24:2

光はのものである。

Light is the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:2

火はのものである。

Fire is the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:4

植物はのものである。

Plants are the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:14

小さな生き物はのものである。

Small creatures are the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:25

海胆はのものである。

Sea Urchins are the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:25

傘貝はのものである。

Limpets are the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:25

地からの食物はのものである。

Food from the earth is the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:14

10

種はのものである。

Seeds are the LORD’s.

創世記・Genesis

1:12

11

地にある実はのものである。

The fruit on the earth is the LORD’s.

詩篇・Psalm

104:13

12

私達ものものである。

We too are the LORD’s.

ヨハネ・John

1:11, 12

 

 

Next week on Saturday 14th September, I hope to introduce the wonderful world of ‘Wasan’ or Japanese mathematics.. It is fascinating how much knowledge was independently discovered in Japan during the country’s isolation from the outside world prior to the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century.

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