One of the things I enjoy most about staying in Japan is taking a bath. We're staying at my parents' house, and I can take a bath every day. Even in the middle of a hot Japanese summer, I still enjoy it. And I usually add bath salts. Japan has so many different kinds of bath products, with different scents, colors, and effects. Choosing one is part of the fun. One day, I dropped a bath tablet into the water and noticed something fascinating happening on the surface. It create

There’s an art supply store called Sunnyside Arts in Sunnyside, Queens, where they often host local artist pop-up markets. When I joined one of their events last time, I noticed a stack of black sketchbooks at the counter. I learned they were part of a sketchbook project. There was a well-known The Sketchbook Project — a project that started in Brooklyn where artists fill sketchbooks and return them to be kept in a library, shared with others. This version at the store is i

Recently, I’ve been working on something a little different from my usual jewelry projects — dot art based on Islamic geometric patterns...