cotton&paper bags.

hi,
weather is so nice out and im heading to tokyo today to see the textile art show by akemi chon.
i met her at lillstreet in chicago where i learned screen print, she teaches japanese textile there.
it will be great so see her in japan!

the show will be at ginza where we have the first apple store in japan.
i will stop by apple store to feel him...

besides that, im working hard for the fair im doing in a couple of weeks.
i printed paper bags and cotton bags.
i bought a bunch of bags from muji. and i think i will give it to the customer who purchase baby blanket at the fair.


friend of mine from school is coming to japan, im so excited to see him someone from chicago in here, and he will be a big help at the fair. heavy tables etc...

you have a great weekend!

こんにちは
日本語ブログとかやりたいなーと思って、２年がたちました。。。
まだないので、ここに書きます。
今日、天気いいですね。秋晴れってやつですよね。
夏の暑さに心も体もくじけっぱなしでした。引きこもりの私がますます引きこもりになる季節が終わり、今うれしくてやったー！ってかんじです。
天気もよいので、今日は銀座までシカゴにいた時にお世話になったあけみ先生の個展にいってきます。彼女のテキスタイルすごい素敵ですよ。

昨日は、クラフトフェアに向けて紙袋とエコバッグのプリントとかしてました。
エコバッグはMUJIのやつなんだけど、フェアで５０００円以上買っていただいたお客様にプレゼントしようとおもってるんだ。あと、このブログ読んできたって方にもプレゼントしますので、声かけて下さい。
日本でこういうフェアをするのははじめてなんだけど、とっても楽しそうなイベントなので遊びにきて下さい。
近所に住む帽子作りの達人ちかちゃんと一緒のブースです。彼女のつくる帽子はほんとかわいくて帽子の似あう人だったら良かったなーって思う。

ではまた

hello!!

hello everyone!
im sorry for long absence from blog. :p
it's just that summer weather was killing me.
the heat and high humidity of japans summer really put me down.
the weather affects me in the big way.

now, fall is here and im super happy!
im ready to work!!
the article about me and my work was in the local free paper " shonan beach FM 78.9 magazine".
if you are in shonan area, please grab it. you can find it at shops and restaurant, convini. now im busy for the craft fair im doing on oct 22nd at kamakura.　 鎌んどいち場
it seems really fun fair, so if you in kamakura area please stop by.
im sharing the table with my neighbor chica, she makes beautiful knitted hats!
i recently bought a lock sewing machine finally.
i was staying away from it coz it looks scary and not sure if i can handle using it. but im glad i got it, it makes life so much easier!
im using it to sew my pillow cases.
i will be making more pillow cases and maybe duvet covers too.

アートの畑＠ISETAN

hi!
hows your summer going?
mine is hot and humid and i hate it!

im having a lazy summer but i am doing a show right now.
アートの畑＠ISETAN

im show casing and selling my embroidery piece, posters, and towels.
If you are in shinjyuku area, please stop by!

夏暑いですね。
海のそばに住んでいますが、日本の夏の湿気がにがてなので引きこもり度がましてます。
でも今新宿ISETANでアートの畑@ISETANというイベントに参加しています。
いろんなアーティストの方達が参加していて、私もタオル等を販売しています。
来週の月曜日までやっているので是非来て下さい。
私は月曜の午後に会場にいってます。

hello!!

remember me?
sorry for long absent from blog...
im doing great, and my motivation came back finally! :p

i have printed many baby blankets last few week, and i wanted to show you new one.
friend of mine asked me if i can print the design i made it for wrapping paper for baby blankets and i thought that would make fun blankets.

pillow cases and bath towels will be available soon.

thank you...

hello,
Thank you so much for your kind words and support.
we have been dealing with very hard time here in japan, but we will get through this. really?

ok, ive been really depressed by watching the news, so many people lost their family and home. dont feel like to enjoy anything.
i want to do something for them, but i dont know what can i do for them besides donate money, blanket, etc.

but being depress and feeling sucks dont help anything.
so i work.
i wanted to make an original wrapping paper to wrap my towels when i ship, so i finally made it.
i found a very unique print shop called retro printshop, they specialized to print old school style using newspaper , card board, craft papers and etc...
i chose the paper that has texture on the front and smooth on the back. i love how it turned out.
now i have cute wrapping papers to wrap my towels. :) since i print a lot, i might be selling at etsy.

earthquake in japan

hello,

thank you for all of your concern emails and convos.
my fam and i are doing ok.

but so many people are not! My heart goes out to all those who suffered from
this.
its just heart breaking.

i wanted to help, even a small way.
so I will be donating $5 to earthquake relief efforts in Japan for every towel sold on my shop from now until April13.

i listed more colors.
please take a look and purchase towels to help them.

thank you,
yuko

new embroidery "home"

hello!
it has been forever since i wrote on my blog...
February is almost over, and how are you guys doing?
my 2011 started nice and peaceful, i love new years in japan, good food and chill mode all the way with family.

i have lots of plans for patapri this year, but ive been slacking! :p

i wanted to show you my new embroidery piece called " home ". I just finished last night.
i put all my energy into this piece, and its finally done! yay!
i was working on nothing but this piece since january.
the bird on the bottom is toby, my bird who come to my balcony everyday, which represent my home. those triangles and colors represent life, things happen to your life, happy things , sad things by colors and each french knots.

all those french knots left me with sore hands and fingers, but its all worth it. :D
i love how it turned out, its on my living room wall now.

sorry for the mess!

Hello,
the holiday season is here, you guys are probably busy busy and enjoying the winter.
i've been busy doing PataPri things, getting orders together, prepare for the craft fair im doing and etc...
the exciting thing for me was my stuff from chicago finally arrived!!
i was waiting for this for long time!
since i didnt pack my self, every things from furniture to old instant miso soups were in those 65 boxes...
it was really fun to open each box, reminds me of life in chicago and good times. :)

my house is finally getting feel like my home!
i will put pics when i finish cleaning up.
oh , i slept in my bed for the first time in 15 months and it was wonderful!
no more couching!

have a happy merry Christmas & new year!!!

thank you!

thank you so much all for coming!

i had a great time at the show. :)
i met many great artists and people who loves art!

special thanks to mr.kurazume who organized this event (giantmango) and old friend yasu who helped me to set up the display and took down. :D

展示会に来てくれた方、ありがとうございます！
タオル、ブランケットを買って下さった方あまり会場にいなくて会えなくて残念でしたが、 タオル使って下さってると思うととてもうれしいです。

いろんな他の作家の方々に会えてとても楽しい時間でした．

*more baby blankets are available at my shop. :)

colors展

hello,
first of all I would like to thank you so much, for visiting my etsy shop. since I've reopened my shop as of last week.
I was a little nervous since I closed for a while.
The status of the yen currency thing and new imabari towel. I had to raise my price a little sorry.

I also would like to thank you all for the sweet words about my work, it means so much to me!

Today I was at Daikanyama, Tokyo setting up my wall for the show I'm doing, what do you think?
i think it turned out nice. :)
i was able to check some of other artists work, and i loved them.
cant wait to check all out!

i'll be there over the weekend, so if you see me say hi!

PataPri is back!

hello,
thank you so much for waiting.
my shop on etsy is finally re-open.

free shipping until end of november, so please shop! :)
im very excited to use imabari towels for my gauze towels.
they are more thicker and fluffier than the one i used before. these new towels are perfect to use in the kitchen and bathroom.

baby blankets and bedding will be available soon.

colors

hello,
while im working hard to getting ready for re-open my shop, im also preparing for the show im doing second week of november!
my new towels are available to buy and other artists art work.

if you are in tokyo area, please stop by!!
hope to see you!
i'll be there on first day and weekend.

when 11/9 - 11/14
place daikanyama hillside terrace
map

誰もが自由に、身近に楽しめる、ちょっとスペシャルな来場者参加型アートイベント。価格や 評判に左右されることなく、自分の感性のみを頼りに、驚き、刺激を受け、好きな 作家や作品を発見できる機会。ジャンルにこだわらず、才能溢れるアーティストたちの作品を一堂に集め、子供から大人まで、誰もが純粋に楽しむことのできる 展覧会です。是非あなた自身の「色」をみつけにきてください。

[会期] 2010年11月9日(火) - 11月14日(日)
10：00 - 20：00（入場は閉場30分前まで、土日は17：00閉場）
※入場無料

[会場] 代官山ヒルサイドテラスF棟「ヒルサイドフォーラム」
www.hillsideterrace.com/access

[主催] ジャイアントマンゴー
[協力] 株式会社アートオブセッション / ヒルサイドテラス

[出展アーティスト]（42組）

IP / AKI / acco / あづさ / 阿部和貴 / AmADomA-アマドマ / MK Lab(来本曜世・増田茂) /
大平暁 / 大野慎也 / 修武 / 神山祥子 / 川上カオリ / 木村哲雄 / 熊兄弟 / くり / 栗山たくや /
黒猫菊地 / サトウテン / 修平 / SHOOEI / たしかゆい / 塚本衣絵 / 土田瞬 / 戸賀崎珠穂 /
戸塚くるみ / 鳥居葉子 / 長野由美 / 夏苅羚 / 西澤克実 / のぐちみか /
PataPri by yuko uemura / 日比谷泰一郎 / 古澤杜宇子 / Macro / 麻真梨 / まろまろ /
Mr. QUEEN / moha / 柳沢新 / 山本麻璃絵 / you / LUMMY

working hard here.

oh nooooo!
It's already October.
My plan was to re-open my shop at the end of September.....

The heat slowed me down... but now that the weather is better, I'm working hard!

My shop will be ready for a grand re-opening in 2 weeks. :)

My new towels are just so wonderful; they're fluffier, and thicker.
They're thick enough that you can use them in the kitchen or the bathroom.
I can't wait for you to try them.

updates!

entrance

living room before( my grandma style )

new living room

apron front

apron back

toby

hello!
it's almost mid september and its still hot as hell in japan.
sorry i complain about weather too much, but i just hate hot and humid weather. :p

anyway, my summer project of my new home is almost done.
i couldn't do big projects because of the budget, but my living room had a little face lift.
i change the ceiling color and light fixtures. it looks so much brighter in the room and i love how lights looks at night.
take a look at before and after pic!
little changes makes a big difference, isnt it?

i started to print towels a couple of weeks ago, and im enjoying working again in my new studio.
hopefully i can re-open my etsy shop by end of september.

my cousin and her daughter visited me today to pick up the apron i made for her.
she loved it and im happy! :)
she ( she is 10 years old )and i had a printing session together, and she enjoyed screen printing! i love screen printing, so see her enjoy doing it made me happy too.

i also had a fun visit few weeks ago, hitomi of kalla design and her friend came to my studio. it was great to see her in person, she was what i imagined from her work.
she said i wasnt what she expected... haha
we talked about screen printing, she shared resource of screen printing materials in japan and process of how we print, and whats her plan with her business, and mine etc...
i had a wonderful time with them, she gave me motivation! since i was slacking because of the heat!

so thats what i've been doing last few weeks besides feeding to my bird toby.

before & after pt.2 new studio!

hello,
hows your summer going?
it has been hot and muggy summer here in japan...
i dont do well with hot and humidity so i stay inside ac on working hard.

my new studio is almost done!
take a look at my new studio :) and before pics.
sorry about the mess on before , i took it right before i started to renovate so its messy!
i painted the wall and ceiling, and made this room clean and bright!
i like how it turned out.
the living room next to studio is heavy on wood and kind of dark, so i want my studio to be bright.
i chose white furniture for my new studio.
now im waiting for my new imac. :)

i changed the ink station little bit.
got 2 of white shelves from ikea, $19 a each, love ikea...

and my new curtains looks really nice with the beautiful view!

now im onto my bedroom,
im still waiting for my furniture, my clothes and all my personal items from chicago...
i cant wait to get my stuff back!
you know ever since i came back here, ive been sleeping on couch!!!!!!!
coz im little scare to sleep another rooms where no tv and empty.
im used to sleep on couch by now, but im big fun of bedding, love to sleep on bed with nice bedding soon!

before & after pt.1

hello,
my shop is closed for summer!
for first project of update my house is change the curtains.
i was printing all day yesterday, i bought a beautiful white linen 100% fabrics.

i printed with rain drop design with light colors.
i put 90% extender in the inks, so it looks really transparent.
i think i will use this one for my new bedroom, since colors are not screaming, it goes well with my new wallpaper and bedding.


i also upholstered 3 stools.
these are for my 2 nephews blue one and niece pink one when they visit here. :)
there are 6 dining chairs that i wanted to upholster, but they have fabrics on back side that there is no way i could do that. so i send them off to pro.
its coming tomorrow and cant wait to see it.

i wish you have a wonderful summer!