![]() ![]() I miss the family terribly BUT better safe than sorry. December, 2021.Īs we’re still living in strange times, for the second year running, I had to cancel my flight so no going back to the UK for Christmas with the family. But I never did……until just over four years later. ![]() As not to be defeated, I thought it best to return in the near future to this location when the elements are less intense and bearable. Also, the bungalow I decided to draw required a lot of vegetation rendering, something I was not familiar with at the time, so the sketch work and decision-making was much slower as a result. Looking back, I was extremely naïve at the time thinking I could just plough on and do all the necessary preliminary sketches, end of. Sitting or just being outside in the intense heat near trees, tangle weeds, long grass, bushes and other kinds of vegetation is a mecca for the insects especially for the no remorse mosquitoes. Well, as I recall, it was around September time. However, after about 30 minutes in I abandoned the sketch work. A friend came along to film me drawing at that location. As I was making a documentary to accompany the Once Useful project, I thought this would be the perfect location to film the documentary introduction. My eyes lit up though I remember thinking what a peculiar spectacle at the time. When I say return, back in 2017, when I was living in Saitama, I stumbled across a group of six of decaying, abandoned wooden bungalows in a field. Once Useful 13: Shimo Fujisawa, Saitama, Japan 2021įor Once Useful, Number 13, I decided to return to Shimo Fujisawa in Saitama, Japan. ![]()
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