Monday, 4 November 2013

Textures and Materials

 There are beautiful things everywhere. Not least the patterns of materials used in everyday life.

The photos here were taken rather randomly over a period of a week's wandering around.

Wood stacked for the pottery kiln


The appetiser of a $15 lunch in Kurashiki, you should have seen the rest.


A wall in Kanazawa.


A warehouse wall in Kurashiki. This sort of construction was introduced when they got sick of the wooden ones burning down.


Wooden walls that have been purposely charred to act as a protective coating.



The screens at the entrance of a house.


Screens of an inn at night with amusing cut-outs.



This is where you sweep the dust outside in an old house, also ventilation. Korean restaurant in an restored ancient house.









The thatched stucture of a temple roof in Shirokawago.






Shingle roof in Kanazawa.


The Lapislazurli decorated wooden ceiling of the  Sei Son Kaku, Kanazawa.




Fence facing the sea, Noto Peninsula.


Eating materials, near our house.

1 comment:

  1. just beautiful and of course I love the bamboo frence and the charred walls - they're stunning. :-)

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