A Lifetime of Sharing

After more than 14 years of teaching the art of doll crafting around the world I have many wonderful experiences that I would like to share with others who love Japanese art. Here I am looking at all of you out there, come and join me and this beautiful art. Together we will discover great things, and wonderful friendships will grow.

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Nadia Azumi

This is my little student Alistaire who discovered me via the internet. He loves to make dolls, and every so often he comes with his family down from Canada to make dolls. Alistaire is autistic, and won best artist in his school with the doll's project. He is my inspiration, and a joy to teach.

Here I am receiving a gift from the Vice President of the International School, a week before leaving for the USA. I taught children from second grade up, and for 6 years, so many that when the kids found out that I was leaving they all wrote me a letter. You can imagine the amount of letters, I received a whole box of farewell letters, from children of all nationalities, and religion. I had such a great time teaching those kids.

Here I am at the Japanese Embassy in Manila with a staff member. I was requested to repair and maintain a very old and precious collection of Japanese dolls.  The Cultural Attaché came to my house and offered me this job. I was excited and at the same time very honored.

My Presidential Museum Pass, issued by the Presidential security. I was the only foreigner to have access to the Palace while the President was in session. I did meet allot of dignitaries, and everybody was so nice. Here I am working on the restoration of one of the 3 kimonos donated by the emperor of Japan to President Acquino. The staff exhibited all 3 kimonos at the same time, one on top of each other. I was restoring the silk threads, before putting it in storage, for the following month exhibit.  We decided to show the 3 kimonos separately.

Here I am removing the kimonos from a glass case, very heavy, the staff that was assigned to me was helping on the other side. This kimono did not have so much damage, as the thread were not that eroded. Keep in mind that the area was very humid.  The location of the Presidential palace is by the River.

Here I am repairing one of the most damaged kimonos. This kimono was embroidered in gold threads, and everything was falling apart. The position in which I was while working made me uncomfortable, and one of my staff made me laugh . While we were making faces, another staff member took my picture.