Welcome to my blog! [Introduction]

Welcome!

I am Yuca Ume, a Japanese living near Tokyo, Japan.
My family menbers are my husband (a telecommunications engineer) and two daughters (the elder one to be al nurse and the younger one studying hard to pass the next university entrance exam.).

For years, I have been engaged in writing and editing of various manuals for OA devices, and also directing of localization from English to 10 other languages.

Though doing the job, housekeeping and another thing at a time is tough and needs cooperation from my family, my husband encouraged me to start learning arts as he knows that I love arts.

From the beginning, I went to a sculputuring circle only two times a month (this is a general carriculum given to us). Later when the instructors established a school for learners who want to become professional, I decided to enter that school (night course). It was in September, 2010.

(The school is located near Naka-Meguro, Tokyo. If you are interested in it, please visit at http://www.sekikoun.jp/.)

The followig image shows the head of Kuanyin or 聖観音, and the head of Ksitigarbha or 地蔵菩薩. I carved them about three years ago before I had entered the school. I was facinated by the delicate surface of each carved trace and the beauty of their face. This step is the 6th or 7th in the beginner course.

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And now, I go to the night class two to three times a week. It is quite tough but refresh me and

In this blog, I would like to show you the process of each piece of work I did.

All I want you here is to feel interested in our Japanese traditional cultures and feel impressed with the beauty and completeness of sculpturing and also art is borderless and can make our mind rich.

I hope you will enjoy them.

One more challenge of mine is oil-painting. I joined a painting circle eight months ago. It was nearly miracle to have found my old teacher's painting class again. It was 15 years ago when I joined his painting class. For several years after the class, went to the States as a oilpainting conservation specialist. After that, I joined another class which taught me water-painting. I learned there for two years and switched this oil-painting class last year. The class is open mostly on Sundays usually three times per month. His webpage is http://www.basjp.com/.

The following is the latest image. This is Asura or 阿修羅, one of the eight guardian spirits in Buddha's world. It was originated from an ancient Indian religion and was also spread to other countries.

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