A Feathered History & My Textiles - A Presentation

On Sunday I gave a presentation in front of 120 people (!!) as part of the 9th "Pechakucha Night Kyoto". "Pechakucha" is a style of presentation whereby 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each, advancing automatically.It was originally devised as an event for architects and designers to share their ideas but now you can give a presentation on just about anything! There's actually very little you can say about an image in 20 seconds so this really forces you to be clear about what you are trying to say. In that sense, it was tricky to prepare for.
１月２７日、京都で行われた「ペチャクチャナイト」にて１２０人前で自分の研究と作品について発表しました！ペチャクチャっていうのは、プレゼンテーションの形式で、２０枚のスライドが２０秒で自動的に切り替わります。全部で６分４０秒のプレゼンテーションなので、言いたいことをきちんとまとめないといけません。その点では、発表の準備がちょっとむずかしかったです。

But..somehow I pulled it off! I chose to speak half about my research and half about my work, as they are linked and wrapped up in each other.

けど、なんとなくできました！プレゼンテーションは、京都での研究について３分２０秒でちょっと説明して、残りは京都で作った作品を紹介するという形に決めました。

And so, by the magic of the internet, my presentation is now online as part of a video that was taken of the entire Pechakucha Night Event. If you feel so inclined, feel free to listen to my 6 minutes and 40 seconds of glory. I was the 4th presenter out of 11 for the night, so my talk starts at the 37 minute mark in this video. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/28846579

Visit link to see presentations: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/28846579

それで、インターネットの魔法のおかげで、私のプレゼンテーションにも観察できます！よろしければどうぞ見てください。１１人の発表の中、私が４番目なので、ビデオでは３７分のところが私の登場です（＾＾）

lacquerware lorikeet complete! インコの丸盆

Every Saturday for this past semester, I have been participating in Murata Koken's Lacquerware class at Kyoto Seika University. I got special permission from Murata-Sensei to take part and it has been a wonderful experience to try making work in a totally different medium like lacquer.
この四ヶ月、村田好謙による工芸の授業に参加しました。先生から特別な許可を貰って、漆で制作のチャンスなんてすごくよかったです。

I have shown you some progress pictures before but now I can happily share the final product. Ta-da~
前も段階の写真をアップしましたが、今回は出来た作品を紹介しま～す！

つやつやしているから写真が撮りにくくて、天上も映しています！
The final product! It's so hard to photograph because it's super glossy. Forgive the reflection of my ceiling.

銀の粉も色の粉が見えますね。太陽の光でキラキラ！
Detail of the Rainbow Lorikeet. You can see both the silver & coloured powders. It really sparkles when the sunlight hits it.

フラッシュを焚いたら、色がちゃんと見えますが、普通に見るとこんな鮮やかじゃないです。
Taken with a flash you can really see the colours. Normally though, it's not this bright.

前の作品のように、今回も鳥と葉っぱのラテン語の名前も入れました。先生に「英語うまいなあ～！」といわれて、何を答えたほうが言いか分からなくて、、、もちろんでしょう！ふふふ
Like some of my other works, I again included the latin names of the Rainbow Lorikeet & Eucalyptus in the design. I wasn't really sure what to say when my teacher remarked, "Wow, you are good at English!" umm...haha

The lacquer process was an interesting one, albeit quite stinky and using mildly dangerous substances. It's so great to see the subject matter I've been depicting in textiles now depicted in a totally different medium,
Now the question is what to do with this precious thing!
漆のやり方はとても面白かった。かなり危なくて臭いものも使ったのに。今までにテキスタイルで表現した内容を全く違う方法で描写するのがとてもいい経験だった。
今大事な問題が、この貴重なものをどうすればいいのか！？