a visit to gr2

last week i took a little time off to see the show junk in the trunk at GR2.


my good friend, mari inukai's work


tessar lo's new work


tessar's impressive 4 colour gocco print.


some of kiyoshi nakazawa's work


after the show we headed to yakitoriya for some chicken and shochu:)


eric nakamura form GR joined us and we all celebrated his 40th birthday together.


ayako and eric, you might recognize ayako form the short film Tokyo! directed by michel gondry.


and here is a picture of the recent kokeshi piece that i finished


shirokuro, mixed media, 2009

stumptown part 2

more pictures from the portland trip:)


i stopped by at compound and found this figure of kuro from tekkonkinkreet.


they had a lot of toys from ghibli, and this was my favorite.


visited my friend, blaine fontana's studio in nw portland.


some of the new sculptures he is working on.


stopped by together gallery to check out my friend j shea's new work.
here is the one that i really liked.


i also really liked this blaine's sculpture.


this is one of my favorite store in portland, grass hut


their awesome toys.


marco zamora had a really nice show at upper playground


and his installation


the main event of the trip, scion installation tour 5!


joe shea and edwin ushiro's work


tessar lo and usgrow


most importantly i got to see some of my favorite people:)


keiko and joe:)


it was nice to catch up and make some new friends.

stumptown part 1

2 weeks ago i had a chance to visit one of my favorite city in the states, portland as part of the scion installation tour.
it was really nice to take a break and be out side of my studio.

here are some of the pics from the trip.


thanks to scion for hooking me up with the flight:)


first stop: at my friend keiko and joe's, fine gind cafe in south east portland 39th ave and lincoln.


i had their toddy iced coffee and their turkey sandwich with homemade hummus:)


also found a print by my friend tanner goldbeck.


i got to say hello to my favorite cat lyric.


sneak peak of joe shea's new work.


portland has some of the best beer.


love this city

scion installation tour 5: portland

if you are in portland please come by and see the show.

ぴかちゅうと散歩

なんちゃって。。。

comic-con 2009, highlights prt 2

more pictures:)


me and the boys having fun at some crazy warehouse party.


ron english painting at the warehouse event





diego from dgph at nerdcore's photo booth


some live music


we run into some other artists


more friends



scrible 08 by murphy design, a great short documentary with interviews from 8 different artists including joe sorren, jeff soto, clayton brothers and more.


i especially enjoyed the part with joe sorren

comic-con 2009, highlights prt 1

this year was my 3rd time at comic convention in san diego, and i had as much fun as the previous 2 visits.
anyway i want to thank all the people who stopped by at munky king booth and hi-fructose booth.

here are some of the pictures from the comic-con weekend:


my bronze koibito standing strong at munky king's booth


patrick showing his stylish but super nerdy sweatshirt.


damon: peekaboo with his new toy


my roommate nate working hard at sketch theater booth.


usugrow's toy.... very cool but it was already sold out...


run into my friend warren with his lady friend, pretty awesome costume.


got to see kaws x hajime sorayama in person, pretty efin awesome...


doraemon and moomin:)


ちっちゃい時によく兄と見たコブラがこんなとこに。。


i thought these were kinda funny, a mouse pad with a cushiony boobies as your wrist support...
oh silly japanese people:)


me and sponge bob, 夏鈴、さくらボブがよろしくって。


got invited to a nice dinner with baby tattooville, thanks bob!


BT fed us nice breakfast at 8pm, and it was what i just needed at the time


my friend eliza getting a fresh cup of coffee at baby tattooville dinner.