I recently received some lovely gifts from my friend Akiko Kobayakawa who lives and works in Japan. Akiko is an artist who specializes in painting
gently humorous and surrealistic scenes of animals loosely based on experiences from her own life. In her recent exhibition titled New Life, she has
collaborated with boutique candle maker Nicori to make specially scented candles. The candles are beautifully packaged in miniature porcelain mugs
which have been illustrated with Akiko's signature cat characters.
I had the pleasure of studying with during my time in university. Though she moved back to Japan many years ago, we have remained friends and
often communicate through exchange of letters in the mail. We have discussed the possibility of collaborating together many times and I remain
hopeful it will happen, (as soon as I save up enough pennies to fly myself to Japan)...
For now though, I am quite happy to add these gifts to my already considerable collection of her work. See more of Akiko's paintings here
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