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Reading John Connell’s “The Running Book” with its evocative portrayal of the Irish landscape prompted me to dig out this catalogue of black & white photographs by Giles Norman. I seem to remember we picked it up at his studio in Kinsale back in the early 1990’s. Beautiful moody landscape and street photography. We also… Read more: A Lucky Find

KINSHIP by Ursula K. Le Guin Very slowly burning, the big forest tree stands in the slight hollow of the snow melted around it by the mild, long heat of its being and its will to be root, trunk, branch, leaf, and know earth dark, sun light, wind touch, bird song. Rootless and restless and… Read more: Tree Poems

There are some excellent galleries in Sydney that focus on displaying the work of local artists and providing exhibition space. I am sure its a labour of love for most of the gallery owners as the market is not large and the work required to mount a successful exhibition is signifcant. Chinaclay Kerrie Lowe Sabbia… Read more: Sydney Ceramics Galleries

Back in 2013 a couple of [filmmakers][1] bravely took on the risk of making a high quality movie about the Permaculture movement in North America. Once they had shot the footage, they launched a [kickstarter project to raise funds to complete the project last year][2]. The movie, [Inhabit][3] was recently released. Its availble from Vimeo… Read more: Inhabit Movie

The most popular post on Slowlane has been Ceramics Destinations in Kyoto, this post seeks to provide the same information for a Tokyo visitor. Mingeikan Also known as the Japan Folk Crafts Museum. Soetsu Yanagi [^3] created this museum to display his collection of mingei items (daily necessities made by common people using local materials)It… Read more: Ceramic Destinations in Tokyo