I drew NIJI, a shelter cat that came to my house three years ago, with pencils and watercolors.


At the beginning of the drawing I was careful not to concentrate on a particular area or to make a hasty decision.
It is important to draw the entire paper in a roughly balanced manner.


In this case, I kept the background dark so that the cat would stand out.


The paper is coarse watercolor paper, so I use gauze and a rubbing pen to make sure the shadow areas and low facing areas are well densified.


Finishing the texture of the body hair patterns, flow, and beard, the pencil drawing is completed.
After this, coloring is done with transparent watercolor.


Completion.

KOGU Dripper

Manufacture： SHIMOMURA KIHAN (Founded 1973 /Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

This product is a coffee dripper.
Made of 18-8 stainless steel, it is resistant to rust and does not break like ceramic or glass.

iconclock

Design： Chiaki Murata （村田智明 / 1959-）
Year of production： 2017
Manufacture： METAPHYS

This is the ultimate minimalist wall clock, eliminating as many elements as possible.
There are no numerals or memory and all three hands are the same length, but the time is legible enough.

Tape Cutter TC-6

Manufacture： NICHIBAN (Founded 1918 / Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

This tape cutter is made of Nambu ironware for robustness and stability.
Its form is also simple and beautiful in pursuit of its function.
Nambu ironware is a traditional craft made in Morioka and Oshu cities in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

I decided to reupholster the seat of my shelter cat NIJI's favourite bench.


This time I have prepared waterproof fabric.
It is staked out with a gun-tucker.




Treat corners as shown above.


In addition, the backing fabric was replaced.
I don't like the commonly used non-woven fabrics because they are too weak, so I cut and use rolled canvas for oil paintings.
There is no need to fold back the edges as with normal fabric.
The reupholstery is completed when the fabric is fastened with a gun-tacker.




The bench is completed by fixing it to the body of the bench with metal fittings.

These are images of NIJI using that bench.