temple Tag

Nezu is a museum and art gallery with an ancient garden. This was the first Japanese Garden I visited in Japan, and I was completely seduced. So many careful details: trees are wrapped with a rush-like mat, like a tree bracelet. There is no grass! instead, there is bare earth or moss or stones, raked gravel The planting was meticulous, water plays an important role and there were...

Koi, temples and aquaponics in Japan. Recently I returned from a trip to Japan and New Zealand. It was the sort of trip that changes you and I am now creating a new body of work inspired by the experience. My daughter is working in Japan and we travelled out together from London to Tokyo via Moscow. I was excited and curious to go to a city I had heard so much about but never...