Dear Shaded Viewers,
Today we had a great time visiting the artist Erina Matsui in her atelier and then spending the afternoon together. I am going to post some video interviews with her explaining her work later today.
Erina Matsui holding a toy fish that her grandmother made for her.
I asked her what her attraction to fish was and she told me that growing up she was always told that she looked like a wooper looper.Erina is a toy collector, she said it is probably because as a child she did not have very many. I love that her grandmother made this one for her.
Erina Matsui's self portrait
All Diane's photos are taken with the SAMSUNG NX10
After our atelier visit we all went to lunch across the street in a 150 year old building. Erina Matsui did a collaboration with 3M store. She is holding up one of her stickers. That is Akiko Hamaoka.
Later,
Diane
