The Book Launch of "Kojiki The Birth of Japan, The Japanese Creation Myth Illustrated", the trade book version of my thesis artist's book, from Tuttle Publishing.
At Prairie Lights Book Store, downtown IowaCity.
出版記念イベント!” "KOJIKI The Birth of Japan, The Japanese Creation Myth"
By ワイルズ一美
8月12日(月)7PM〜
書店プレイリーライト(アイオワシティー、ダウンタウン)
Book Launch! "KOJIKIThe Birth of Japan, The Japanese Creation
Myth"
By Kazumi Wilds
August 12, Monday 7PM~
At Prairie Lights Bookstore, Downtown IowaCity
2019年 7月15日〜8月10日 アイオワ
アイオワ大学UICB アーティストレジデンシー
July 15 - August 10, 2019 Iowa
University of Iowa Center for the Book, Artist Residency
May 2018 The University of Iowa, IowaCity, Iowa
I have graduated from UICB MFA program.
With great people, friends and teachers.
With great memories.
2018年5月 アイオワ大学
大学院を卒業しました。
素晴らしい仲間と恩師達と出会えて、
勉強や課題はかなり大変だったけど、
それだけに掛替えのない期間でした。
2017年7月19日 アイオワ
タトル出版社から連絡があって、絵本「The Peace Tree from Hiroshima」がまた賞を頂いたようです。有り難いことです。子どもだけでなく大人にも読んでもらいたいです。
July 19, 2017 Iowa
Tuttle Publishing emailed me that our picture book " The peace Tree from Hiroshima" got another prize. It has been named winner by Creative Child Magazine. Great
!
Creative Child Magazine is a national bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity. With departments such as
Kids at Play, Health and Safety, Discovering Creativity, Nurturing Talent and Tomorrow's Child - Investing for Your Child's Future, Creative Child Magazine is essential and the most
complete parenting publication for raising well-balanced children. For more information, please visit: http://www.creativechild.com/home
June 11 - July 12, Japan ( Tokyo, Saitama, Nara, Kagawa prefecture)
Summer holiday in Japan. Had a wonderful time with family and friends in Kawagushi Saimata, Tokyo and Shimane. And I had a fantastic trip for papermaking and art
with Sarah Luko who is my classmate in the University of Iowa Center for the Book and she came to Japan for her research of Japanese papermaking. I also sepent a lot of time for my own research
at the National Library in Tokyo for my thesis.
My new artists` book in this summer " White Dream", made with my handmade paper of 50% flax and 50% cotton, dyed with hibiscus and iron, sized with egg. The piled
snow image was couched with cotton on the dyed paper. The woods images was printed by linocuts letterpress, and the fox image was done by stencil. Drum leaf binding. Kept deckled edges of
handmade paper. The cover is also my handmade Nepal paper.
2017年5月24日 アイオワ大学
夏期クラス(4週間集中クラス)でペーパーワークの授業を受けています。
放課後、水が跳ねる音を聴きながら、一人で黙々と紙漉きをしています。静かな時間幸せを感じます。
May24, 2017 The University of Iowa
Taking a summer class of Paperwork. After class, making papers listening to water splash, sometimes friends visit me but mostly alone, my quiet meditation
time.
2017年5月12日 アイオワ大学
今学期の私のアーティストブック その2、「DREAM」
May12, 2017 The University of Iowa
My artists` book #2 in this semester, " DREAM"
2017年5月12日 アイオワ大学
今学期のアーティストブックその1、マザーグースの「ヘイ、ディドル ディドル」
May12, 2017 The University of Iowa
My artists` Book #1 in this Semester, " Hey, Diddle Diddle"
" Hey, Diddle Diddle" one of my artists` book I`m making for my finals. I stayed over two nights at school on this weekend because I can use whole studio space after
midnight,,,,,,but, still soooo much to do,,,,
2017年3月17日
レタープレス2の課題、パブリックプリンティング。実際に社会で使われる印刷物を作ります。私は絵本”The Peace Tree from Hiroshima"でコンビを組んだ作家Sandra Mooreのパネルディスカッションの広告を作りました。
March 17, 2017 The University of Iowa
Letterpress2 assignment, Public printing. I made flyers for an event of panel discussion of authors, Sandra Moore and Ann McClellan, in Washington DC.
2017年2月27日 アイオワ大学
混沌の続くアメリカです。大統領選挙の翌日(皆ショックでボロボロ状態でした。)教授の一人が”Just Keep Making
Stuff"(ただ作り続けるのみ)と壁に貼っておいてくれました。以来、張り紙はブックアートの大学院生と教師陣が新政権に対する抗議や切実な思いを刷って増え続けています。私はこのブックアートらしい静かな抗議運動が好きです。私は絵本の作り手なので、私のやり方で作りました。We are different. We are
pals.(僕たちは異なる。僕たちは友だち。)間にButを入れないことが私の気持ちです。Only one you!はあなたの代わりは誰もいない、という意味で作りました。アメリカはどうなっていくのだろうと本当に不安です。
Feb.27, 2017, The University of Iowa
I joined the printed protest issues by printers at the wall of Center for the Book, University of Iowa. My message is " We are different. We are pals." Not " We are
different. But we are pals."
I hope everybody can be happy as we are and as we were born to be only one.
2017年2月25日 アイオワ大学
今学期2つもレタープレスの授業をとっているので、毎日毎日レタープレスしています。
Feb.25, 2017, The University of Iowa
Letterpress letterpress everyday letterpress. I`m taking two letterpress classes this semester.
3rd semester review has finished. Each 2nd year student of Center for the Book had a room to show own works, wrote a statement, talked with all professors. How
exhausted we were, after cleaning up we all went out to have a glass of margarita. I love my classmates.
Stayed in Japan for the winter vacation, went to my house in Izumo, Shimane for a week and joined the rehearsal of the theater activities of a reading story group
which I belong to and I`ve done the art. This shadow picture play based on Japanese mythology was performed at Tagi Elementary school on jan 13th just after I left there.
Calendar assembling party of Ladies Typographic Union (including male student) at colleagues` house. I made the front cover of the calendar.
2016年11月17日 アイオワ大学 アイオワ
アイオワ大学の楮畑に、紙漉き用の楮の収穫。楮畑の近くで大きな鷹を発見。
Nov.17, 2016, The University of Iowa
Kozo hervesting for papermaking. Saw a big hawk near the Kozo field.
2016年10月21日〜29日 アイオワ大学 K.K.Merker ギャラリー
私の個展、「ブックアート アドベンチャー」大学のギャラリーにて。
Oct.21-29, 2016, The University of Iowa, K. K. Merker Gallery
Kazumi Wilds exhibit " Book Arts Adventure"
2016年10月1日〜24日 島根県安来市
安来市加納美術館にて展覧会。「広島からのメッセージと加納莞蕾の想い」展で、絵本「The Peace Tree from hiroshima」の原画展をしていただきました。広島原爆資料館からの原爆の絵や子ども達の遺品等の展示、私の絵本の原画展、加納莞蕾の作品展の3部門から成り立っています。
Oct.1-24, 2016, Yasugi Shiamne, Japan
Exhibition of the original paintings of our picture book " The peace Tree from Hiroshima" at The Kano Art Museum, Yasugi, Japan. It`s an exhibition titled "Message
from Hiroshima and Kanrai Kano`s wish", being completed of three sections which are 1, Paintings and articles of the deceased came from Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, 2, Exhibit of original
paintings of our book" The Peace Tree from Hiroshima", 3, Exhibit of Kanrai Kano`s art works.
New semester started with MFA students` show at K.K.Merker Gallery in
Noerth Hall, the university of Iowa. New semester, new classes, new students, new experience, exciting !
2016年8月16日
イラストを担当させていただいた紙芝居DVD, 英語字幕の予告編がアップされました。
Aug.15/ 2016
DVD"48 colors of dreams"which I did the illustration, it's new trailer
with English subtitle came up.
Kamishibai DVD " 48 Colors of Dreams" with English trailer
I gave a lecture to university students. It was about my publishing children`s picture books and Book Art what I`m studying at The University of Iowa for my MFA.
Nice students and they asked me good questions after my talk.
Collection of literary remains of Michi Hachiya who was my colleague,
great friend, passed away in 2015, was published. It was edited by her husband Shigeo Hachiya. I did the book cover expressing her image. Beautiful thoughtful writing !! 445 pages, 1800 Japanese
yen by Shinchosha publishing.
2016年6月4日 東京
夏休み帰国中。SCBWIのイラストレーターズでようこさんの展覧会,
恵比寿 ギャラリーMalle.へ。
June 4th, 2016 Tokyo
Staying in Japan for summer holidays. With SCBWI illustrators, visited Yoko Yoshizawa`s show at Gallery Malle in Ebisu.
May 26th 2016 Resorts World`s S.E.A Aquarium, Singapore
What a surprising! I`ve never had such a book launch in my life! In the
ceremony called "Japan Night" of AFCC conference 2016 at an aquarium in Singapore, When the Senior Minister of Singapore and the Japanese ambassador pushed the button together, scuba divers
appeared holding our picture books !!!
2016年5月23日〜28日 シンガポール国際図書館、シンガポール
AFCC (Asian Festival Children`s Contents) コンフェレンス
2016。シンガポールと日本の国交回復50周年を記念して2冊の英語・日本語バイリンガル絵本がAFCC出版より出版され、そのうちの1冊「ベンジーとユミのおりがみ」はシンガポールの作家エミリー・リムの文に私が日本人サイドのイラストレーターとして絵を描きました。(今回初めてエミリーに会えました!)翻訳は福本友美子さん、編集はNY在住のシェリー・タンです。SCBWIジャパンのメンバーと共にコンフェレンスに参加し、盛り沢山のセッションを受講、実り多い時間を過ごしました。私が卒業した女子美術大学の先生方がジャパンブースの向かいにブースを出しておられたり、その他本当に沢山の素敵な出会いがありました。
May 23 - 28, 2016, International Library, Singapore
AFCC (Asian Festival Children`s Contents) Conference 2016. The conference published two English-Japanese bilingual picture books to cerebrate the 50th anniversary of
the restoration of diplomatic between Singapore and Japan. "Benji, Yumi, Origami ! " is one of the bilingual picture books, which was written by the Shingaporean author, Emily Lim-Leh and I
illustrated as the Japanese illustrator, (I finally met Emily there for the first time ! ) It was translated by Yumiko Hukumoto, edited by Sheri Tan in NY. I attended AFCC conference 2016 with
SCBWI Japan members. I attended many sessions and met many wonderful people including the professors of Joshibi Art and Design University which I graduated in Japan.
2016年5月14日 ワシントンDC 国立植物園、ワールド盆栽デー ブックイベント
DC 国立樹木園でのブックイベント。ワールド盆栽デーで沢山の来場者、ブックトークに伺った小学校の先生や児童も来てくれて、大成功*\(^o^)/*
May14th, 2016, The National Arboretum in DC, World Bonsai Day Bookevent
Book event at the U.S. National Arboretum in DC, World Bonsai Day. With
our book's main character, Bonsai Yamaki Pine tree, we had again an awesome time !
絵本「The Peace Tree from
Hiroshima」のブックトークでワシントンDCの色々な小学校等を作家のサンドラと回りました。どこでも司書さんが読み聞かせをしていてくれて、子ども達は興味津々、質問はエンドレス。とても素敵な時間を過ごしました。
May 9~14, 2016, Artists` Visit, Washington DC
5/9 The National Arboretum, 5/10 Sandy Spring Friends School, 5/11 Lowell School,
5/12 Takoma Park Library, 5/13 Friends Community School, 5/14 the National Arboretum for World Bonsai Day.
Book talk for our picture book "The Peace
Tree from Hiroshima" to elementary students visiting schools and library in Washington DC. Kids were so curious, alive, endless questions to ask us. We have had such a wonderful
time!
Spring 2016 graduating students`show of their MFA thesis work in the KK Merker Gallery. Works by Kristen A. Hartman, Thomas Helmers,
Amy Richard, and David “Thor” Rollins were displayed.
I`m sure I`ll miss those guys, especially Emily whom I had always fun time with.
Doing unbelievable amount of graduate school
assignments,same tim,I had been working for the next picture book.Finally I've finished all the illustrations !!! 🎉Will be published by AFCC in May!
2016年3月16日
昨年絵を描かせていただいたDVDが完成しました。
March 16th, 2016
I did the illustrations of this DVD. Please check it out!
Had my talk show and book signing for my book " The Peace Tree from Hiroshima". The audience were so nice.
2016年1月6日
SCBWI(子供の本の作家とイラストレーターの会)新年会 青山
冬休みで帰国しています。作家とイラストレーターの仲間は会うたびに刺激になります。
Jan.6th,2016
Visiting Japan for the winter vacation.
SCBWI New Year Party at Aoyama
It`s so exciting and fun to see those writers, illustrators, and translators!
アーティストブック作品 マイクログラフィア展覧会(10/16〜)アイオワ大学
Artists` Book for Micrographia exhibition at the University of Iowa on Oct.16th 2015.
「The Peace Tree from Hiroshima」が世界エバーグリーンブックでシルバーメダルを、また、ギレットバークレスセンターの異文化のベストブック賞を受賞しました。
"The Peace Tree from Hiroshima" won the Silver Evergreen medal for World Peace, and the Gelett Burgress announced their 2015 award winners and "Peace
Tree from Hiroshima" won best "Intercultural" book.
Sep.20th.2015, Book event at Bus Boys &Poets Book store in Washington DC
2015年9月18日 ブルックリン ブックフェスティバル ニューヨーク
Sep.18th 2015, Brooklyn Book Festival, NY
2015年6月6日(土)アイオワシティー
アイオワアートフェスティバル、ダウンタウン アイオワシティ
June 6, Saturday, Iowa City
Iowa Arts Festival, DownTown Iowa City.
2015年5月9日ワシントンDC
ワシントンの国立植物園、ワールド盆栽デイに作家のサンドラと参加。私達の新刊絵本「The Peace Tree from
Hiroshima」の出版前イベントで、主人公になった山木家の盆栽の横で絵本の販売をしました。用意した120冊全部が売り切れる盛況さでした。
May 9, 2015, Washington DC
At the National Arboretum in DC, the author, Sandra Moore, and I joined the World Bonsai Day. We had the pre-publishing book
event near the pine tree, our book`s main character. All the 120 books we prepared were sold out !
An assignment of the calligraphy class, black letter on collage.
The text was quoted from James Watts`s FB. Collage was fun, but the lettering was not very good, I think.
Made a book as an assignment of the calligraphy class. This class
has assignments every week and busy but this was a fun assignment.A few more weeks left to the end of this semester. I feel like I`m at my desk all the time now for my final projects
!
The assignment of Western Papermaking
class. I and two of my friends, from Ukraine and from Taiwan, worked together to make heavy paper. In last assignment we made mistake with the amount of pulp( actually I made the mistake ^.^;
sorry ! ) and in this assignment we made mistake with the gradation of the beater. ( Every time when we get trouble,we call our professor for help ^.^; ) Anyway, since the process took so much
time, we tried to use the old pulp which was leftover of last assignment to make the papers. That was, gosh, so stinky !! ( roar with laughter ) Then we started dye the pulp for fun. (roar with
laughter ) Are we kids ? Well, we enjoyed a lot but the old pulp didn`t work and we will continue to finish this assignment next week! Now another assignment for reading of paper history by
Tuesday, Oh,,,,,,
Moved to Iowa. Before moving, I met many my wonderful friends in San Diego, and I painted a painting for BJ and Gary who let
me stay in their house and have been so good to me.
Made at the art class of San Diego State University. It`s a three colored dripoint printing. I`m now working for picture books ordered by a publisher and a school in
the US, but this is the testing illustration of my own story whch I`m working out an idea.
Jined at the book brownell lecture on the history of the book featuring by Paul Needham from Princeton University Libraries. It was about 550 years of the Gutenburg
Bible. In Asia, only Japan owns the original copy of the Gutengurg Bible at Keiou University. On 19th, we could see the replica of Gutenbaurg Bible and other old printed Books the University Iowa
Library owns. They were so beautiful.
2014年8月16日 サンディエゴ
Old Town からバスにのってNTCのアートウォークに行きました。147人のアーティストのブースが所狭しと並んでいて、サンディエゴのこういう雰囲気いいなあ。
August 16th 2014 San Diego
Went to NTC Art Walk by bus from Old Town. 147 artists, each had own tent to show their art works. I love San Diego in this air.
2014年8月1日〜4日 ロサンゼルス
SCBWI(Siciety of Children`s Books Writers and Illustrators)のサマーコンフェレンスでロサンゼルスに行きました。20か国から集まった1200人を超える作家とイラストレーター達。加えて、出版関係の人達。信じられない四日間でした。
August 1st~4th LA
Joined for the summer conference of SDCWI, Society of Children`s Books Writers and Illustrators, in LA. More than 1.200 writers and illustrators gathered from
20countries. Plus Publishes, too. Unbelievable four days they were !
四日間ずっと講座、講演、ワークショップが幾つも重なっていて選ばなくてはいけない上に、合間がなくて食事もままならない有様でした。一つ一つが貴重な体験で、本当に参加して良かった。Pals Book で自分の本も売りました。(その分講演者の本を次々買い込んでしまったので、結局大荷物になりました。)
So many lectures and workshops for full four days. Many of them were progressing simultaneously and hard to choose which to attend, and no time to eat meals.
Everything was so impressive and motive. I`m really glad I joined. I sold my books at Pal Book Sale. But I bought more books of lectures and got heavier stuffs to take home.
Went to Athenaem Music & Art Library in La Jolla to see its Book Arts c July ollection. That`s a best library for me. And there was a lecture of Book Arts the
day, how lucky I was. Kathyanne White was from Arizona to give the lecture.
I am now working for an American publisher for my new children`s picture book its main character is a Bonsai tree. It is a true story that the Bonsai tree survived
the World war Ⅱ and now in the national arboretum in Washington DC. I looked for Bonsai books here and there in Japan before I left there but I could not find a book. But , today, I went to an
Asian town in San Diego for grocery for the first time, and there I found Book Off store !! There I found a Bonsai book !! It`s a perfect one !! Found a Bonsai book in US, it`s so
interesting.
Joined" Mandara stencil " paper craft workshop at San Diego Public Library. It was a fun activity. On the 9th floor, there is a nice cozy art gallery. I want to come
back there to spend time being surrounded with lots of lots of books.
Sweet Rebecca invited me for a craft fair at Adams Avenue. Made a lot. Talked a lot. Had coffee & cake, I really had a good time.
Rebecca is so nice. The photo is a tile I painted with my cat`s picture.
I got invited by James E Watts , a great sculptor, for his homeparty at his gallery. His Kokeshi-shaped sculptures are so interesting.
Borrowed two Outsider`s art books, Met nice people, had a good time.
Went to DownTown to drink with young classmate boys. We had beers and gin, walked around busy SanDiego at night. Then we found a Gallery which was still open. ( It`s
name is "Galley-Gaslamp" ) There held
TIM CANTOR exhibition. Was great quality. My young classmates came along.
My life in San Diego has just started. I went to explore Downtown San Diego. I took a nice walk at the port. Just in front of the trolley depot I found a
nice cozy comtemporary art museum. This picture is the work which Asian bowls & cups are flowing by the current from the pump in the plastic pool. It is enjoyable to see the changing design
and also the counds of the ceramics hit each other. ( The photo can be taken there. )
2014、5月17日 東京
青山の東京ウィメンズプラザでSCBWI ( Society of Childaren`s Book Writers and Illastrators ) の会に参加。今日はSean Wichel Wilson のComic
writing について。面白かった。出発前にみんなに会えて、よかったー!!
明日、成田を発ちます。
2014,May 17. Tokyo
There was an event of SCBWI ( Society of Children`s Book Writers and Illustrators ) in Aoyama today. Sean Wichel Wilson came from Kumamoto for his lecture of comic
writing. It was so interesting. I really had a good time with SCBWI members. I `m going to leave Japan from Narita to US tomorrow.
2014, May 9th. Tokyo , At The National Art Center.
I went to an exhibition " The power of Image - The National Museum of Ethnology Collection ". I was right to choose this exhibition among many other exhibits. The
expressions of human beings who really live on the earth always fascinate me. Those are real expressions of living creatures. By the way, what a gap there is between Izumo
scenery and this museum !!
Last night my friends drove me to Izumo station . I took the night train to Tokyo. Thank you very much, my friends for many good-bye parties and many presents
in Shimane ! I`ll saty at my father`s house in Kawaguchi, Saitama prefecture till 18th.
There was a ceremony for leaving teachers at the school I have workd. I am leaving the school. Evaerbody, colleagues, students and the parents, all have been
so nice to me. I am really lucky and I appreciate them.
My younger son has passed the entrance examination of the university in Hokkaido ,northan part of Japan, very chilly & snowy in winter ! ! ! He did a good
job ! Great ! Cheers !