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2017 in ShoDo
A little gallery showing ShoDo highlights for 2017
2017 Kakizome (First Calligraphy of the Year) in Rostock (January)
International Calligraphy Association in Japan - my work on display (March)
I tend to decorate most of my gifts with small calligraphies (March)
I hold semi-regular Shodo lessons with my dojo colleagues, half a dozen times a year, more or less…
Seminar in my "old" Dojo, Turin (March)
I prepared a few calligraphies hoping to sell them at a public event in Rostock (June)
One of my rare attempts at Sumi-e (July)
馬 (
Horse) - this was the kanji for one of my lessons - the one in the picture was made with my Bamboo Brush (October)
A selection of my works at Kazuaki Tanahashi's seminar in Berlin (October)
Congratulatory calligraphy for a colleagues that moved to another company (November)
冬 Winter
空 Sky
(Calligraphy for one of my lessons in Rostock, November)
Working on my calendars (December)
Small Happy New Year cards with 2018 Chinese Zodiac sign (December)
"Alessio" (the calligraphy says "Protector, Defender") - gift for the second son of a friend (December)
Year of the Dog (this calligraphy was sent out as Greetings Card via email - December)
Another impromptu attempt at Sumi-e (December)
Slow dog…
(December)