“[A]n artifact of such utter simplicity and perfection that it seems it must be either the first object or the last...” — William Gibson William Gibson is describing the haunting elegance of hikaru dorodango. His essay in TATE Magazine, "Shiny Balls of Mud: William Gibson Looks at Japanese Pursuits of Perfection" was my first exposure to this trend sweeping through Japan. Hikaru dorodango are ball
土を丸めて固めたどろだんごを丁寧に磨き、大理石や宝石のようなつやを持つ、光るどろだんごに仕上げていくことに熱中する人が日本だけでなく、海外でも出てきています。 ガードナーさんは日本のどろだんごづくりを参考にしていますが、乾燥後のひび割れを防ぐために小さなヘラでたたいて、中に残った僅かな空気を抜いたり、形を整えるためにボウルの中でどろだんごを転がしたりするなど、理想の美しいどろだんごを目指しさまざまな独自の工夫もこらしています。 ガードナーさんが特にこだわっているのが、どろだんごの材料となる土探しで、土によって色やつや、質感など全く違ったどろだんごができることがおもしろさでもあり難しさでもあるといいます。 インターネットでどろだんごづくりの紹介もしているガードナーさんのもとには連日のように、世界各地から作り方などの問い合わせが寄せられています。中には派遣先のアフガニスタンからインターネットを
Ayman Ishak Michael Dawood lost his brother Wifqi, 48, in the crash Smoke was detected inside the cabin of the EgyptAir passenger plane before it crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday, investigators have confirmed. Smoke detectors went off in the toilet and the aircraft's electrics, minutes before the signal was lost, the Aviation Herald, external had earlier reported. A spokesman for French in
Example of an ACARS message In aviation, ACARS (/ˈeɪkɑːrz/; an acronym for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) is a digital datalink system for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations via airband radio or satellite. The protocol was designed by ARINC and deployed in 1978,[1] using the Telex format. More ACARS radio stations were added subsequently b
Last Update: Saturday, Apr 27th 2024 13:31Z 30344 Articles available Events from Mar 23rd 1994 to Apr 26th 2024 An Egyptair Airbus A320-200, registration SU-GCC performing flight MS-804 (dep May 18th) from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Cairo (Egypt) with 56 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute at FL370 over the Mediterranan Sea about 130nm north of Alexandria (Egypt) and about 210nm northnort
President Barack Obama has criticised the US Congress for failing to back his request for a $1.9bn (£1.25bn) fund to combat the spreading Zika virus. He warned that the country could face "bigger problems" in the future. His comments come as the latest figures showed that there were nearly 300 pregnant women in the US who had tested positive for Zika. The virus is thought to cause serious birth de
A teenager in Kawasaki, Japan, eating a Garigari-kun, a popular ice cream bar. The price of the bar was recently raised for the first time in a quarter-century.Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times TOKYO — One of the most talked-about television commercials in Japan this year advertises an unusual product: contrition. The ad shows a group of workers and executives from an ice cream company lin
U.S. reports 279 Zika cases in pregnant women, Obama pushes Congress on funds NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health officials said 279 pregnant women in the United States and U.S. territories have tested positive for Zika infection, prompting a new call from President Barack Obama for more funding to fight the outbreak spreading through the Americas. A pair of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are seen
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