I am a graphic designer / artist who has 18 years of experience.
I am a landed immigrant from Japan, and have been living in British Columbia, Canada, for 19 years.
I was born in Miyagi, and we moved to Fukushima when I was very young and spent most of time in Fukushima until 19 years old.
After the earthquake of March 11, 2011, I was concerned about my family in Japan because of the radiation from the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plants.
Only I could do was, praying from Canada to Heavenly Father for my families in Japan.
My neighbours, an older couple, kindly brought some money to donate to my country.
We gave their money to Red Cross as a donation.
As a token of my gratitude, I etched their names on a couple of glass mugs and gave them to them.
A few days after, I met the older gentleman on the street, and he said he really liked the present from me, and he is using it often in his life.
I was so glad that I could make something he likes, that he uses everyday, and I was happy to see his smile.
That was the begining of my service. Since then, I have etched some mugs or dishes for my friends and customers on special occasions.
As a graphic designer, I have printed millions and millions of flyers, business cards, and brochures at work.
However, most of them might be just thrown directly into the garbage can.
I would love to offer products that people like and use in their everyday life. Also, I love to make memorable items for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, etc.
I want to provide products that will bring joy and smiles along with beautiful memories to the people who use them.
Above picture, a piece of art I etched to remind that our lives are not easy, but we still can do all thing we can.
Bible New Testament - 1 Corinthians 13:7
"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
Thank you for reading!
できる事は全て
私は18年の経験を持つグラフィック・デザイナーです。
日本からカナダに移民し、19年になります。
宮城県で生まれ、幼い頃に福島に引越しして19歳まで福島で育ちました。
2011年の3月11日の東日本大震災の直後、福島市に住んでいる家族のことで心を痛めていました。
降り注がれる放射能の影響がどれほどのものか不安で仕方なかったからです。
私にできるのはただ神に祈りを捧げることだけでした。
近所の年配のご夫婦が、私が日本人だと知っていて、日本への義援金にとお金を包んで持ってきてくれました。
頂いたお金は赤十字に日本への義援金として寄付をしました。
感謝のしるしとして、以前からやりたいと思っていたガラス彫刻で、グラスにご夫婦のお名前を彫って差し上げました。
後日、通りがかりにご主人とお話する機会があって、すごく気に入って毎日使っていると喜んでいただけました。
自分で、他の方が喜んで使ってくださる物を作れたことと、ご主人の笑顔を見ることができて嬉しかったのを覚えています。
これが、ガラス彫刻を副業で始めたきっかけとなりました。それ以来、家族や友達、お客様のためにガラスに彫刻をしています。
長年、グラフィック・デザイナーとしてデザインした物を数え切れないほど印刷してきましたが、ほとんどがチラシなどのようにすぐゴミ箱行きになります。
私は、むしろ毎日使っていただける物を提供することにもっと喜びを感じます。
上の写真の作品は、以前に作ったもので、「人生は厳しいものだけど、自分にできること精一杯やろう」というメッセージで作ってみました。
新約聖書、コリント人への第一の手紙:13章7節
「そして、すべてを忍び、すべてを信じ、すべてを望み、すべてを耐える。」から引用したものです。
最後まで読んでいただき有難うございます!
Welcome
Welcome to Steemit. You seem to have good talent with that mug etching. Hope you have fun here:)
Hagoromo :) - welcome . I like your design. Your home town sounds like karate master from "Karate Kid" movie. I wish you all the best in life and here. PS: I know few people from Japan, I even do some martial arts :) . Are you involved in any group here or are you on you own?. Have a nice day Hagoromo. PS2. I am starting to follow your posts here. Good luck...
welcome
Thanks, abc.love.steemit!
I am doing Kendo (Japanese martial arts of Sword) for a couple years.
We usually we use a Shinai (a fake sword made of bamboo) for practice.
My Sensei (Master) is Canadian.
I am a new in Steemit.
Thanks for following, I start to follow you as well.
Have a great day!
Thanks, syehlah!
Welcome to Steemit @hagoromo :D
Welcome to Steemit! I hope you enjoy your stay here.
nice post .. welcome to steemit brother !!
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Hi and welcome to steemit. I hop you like it here. Enjoy your time and good luck :)
Thanks for sharing your introduction with us @hagoromo! I have always wanted to visit Japan! Any specific places someone should visit if they get the opportunity?
I am @gogogadgetupvote and I Upvoted and Resteemed your intro thankd to a link I got from @ipahariff and my Daily #introduceyourself Bounty! Looking forward to your future posts.
Thanks, @gogogadgetupvote ,
If you want to see urban city, Tokyo is the best.
You can access touring spot to spot by train easily.
Tokyo is famous of high buildings, but also some traditional spots, like Asakusa Temple...etc.
If you go to Tokyo, you can access to Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea, it's not too far, less than 1 hour.
We just visited Japan 6 months ago to see my family and friends, it was wonderful time for me.
Tokyo is definitely on my list of "Places to Visit". I think at least one big "Travel around the world" type of thing should be on everyones bucket list. And I have never been to a DisneyLand, either. Maybe I can kill two birds with one trip? Thanks for the suggestion!
Welcome to steemit, hagoromo! I really like your steem name :)
Hope you will keep posting some more pictures of your work. It's really interesting and I will definitely wait for more!
Welcome to Steemit!