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Fireworks
Swordsmith Takami Kuniichi
![The initial ingot of steel is split, folded and lengthened over a dozen times. It is this repeated folding which creates the famous layers in a Japanese blade. Folding](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/f6c9d9e98bdc421a8b1ed105e273bb10/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/DSC_0358.jpg)
Folding
The initial ingot of steel is split, folded and lengthened over a dozen times. It is this repeated folding which creates the famous layers in a Japanese blade.
![Located in the western district of Arashiyama. A UNESCO World Heritage site. Tenryū-ji](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/d75784970ba6492f83fb3291fe758095/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Tenryuji-006.jpg)
Tenryū-ji
Located in the western district of Arashiyama. A UNESCO World Heritage site.
![Starting at the head (or the tail) of the Philosopher's Path in Kyoto sits the precincts of the Silver Pavilion. Ginkaku-ji](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/a43c85347e9c4055bbde59c4a08b2e76/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/4_0_54_1ginkakuji.jpg)
Ginkaku-ji
Starting at the head (or the tail) of the Philosopher's Path in Kyoto sits the precincts of the Silver Pavilion.
![The many torii at the bottom of the climb up to Fushimi-Inari shrine, Kyoto. Gateway](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/acaf6c0ed826497495f9d7d18e368e59/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/16_0_53_1fushimi_inari_2009.jpg)
Gateway
The many torii at the bottom of the climb up to Fushimi-Inari shrine, Kyoto.
![The enormous Rodina Mat (Motherland monument) watching over Ukraine. Rodina Mat](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/d47f60f9bb8f46e8b0f041d20efd7010/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Rodina-Mat.jpg)
Rodina Mat
The enormous Rodina Mat (Motherland monument) watching over Ukraine.
![I saw her from afar. It was the purple hair at first but what a smile! London](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/d5ff11d9d5814e0c9f8d66f993582c65/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/French-girl-in-London.jpg)
London
I saw her from afar. It was the purple hair at first but what a smile!
![It's tough going across the "barrel bridge" at Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka. Helping hand](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/a749283c50a24de781fbee5ae6ef8efd/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/9_photo-1.jpg)
Helping hand
It's tough going across the "barrel bridge" at Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka.
![Why thanks very much. At Pride Festival. Vancouver](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/a4987f9b00c14e48ac56b11fabad3f4f/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Vancouver-Pride.jpg)
Vancouver
Why thanks very much. At Pride Festival.
![Ralf](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/ae2a68630cb04c7196773f82a5579fbd/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Ralf.jpg)
Ralf
![Sabrina](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/a07eedb5ce714c6895f97cd85955822a/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Sabrina_-293.jpg)
Sabrina
![Elysia](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/ba17dfaa72dc497b825699bacf0e33bd/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Elysia%20studio.jpg)
Elysia
![Lisa](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/bc0f551d0bec44348fc5dfd9fd7242da/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Lisa%20H.jpg)
Lisa
![Ursula](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/e4725985a77a47b69861650882a1bc02/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Ursula-007adj.jpg)
Ursula
![Raku style incense burner by Canadian artist Jean Lewis Kouyou](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/e64350cf47f6415f9a49924a8c4804e3/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Jean-Lewis-kouyo.jpg)
Kouyou
Raku style incense burner by Canadian artist Jean Lewis
![Tall earthenware ewer with tripod base and trellis handle. Rare in that the lid is included. Tall ewer](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/bae7b0f3e7c84be384dae5eac4ae9fc2/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Item-1349_Session-5_007.jpg)
Tall ewer
Tall earthenware ewer with tripod base and trellis handle. Rare in that the lid is included.
![Articulted Raven dance mask by the late, great Chief Beau Dick (1996). Beau Dick - Raven](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/fbe095a46d29459fba1b311465801911/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Mask-Beau-Dick-Raven.jpg)
Beau Dick - Raven
Articulted Raven dance mask by the late, great Chief Beau Dick (1996).
![Painted red cedar portrait mask by Kwakwaka'wakw artist, Klatle Bhi (2017) Eye of Ancestors](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/dc6a20d8095a4bc78e2973b471e11e6c/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Mask-Klatle-Bhi-Spirit-of-Ancestors.jpg)
Eye of Ancestors
Painted red cedar portrait mask by Kwakwaka'wakw artist, Klatle Bhi (2017)
![From personal project, "Ingredients" Sheringham Seaside Gin](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/a456f482e5e5475dbc513826a38e825c/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Ingredients-Sheringham.jpg)
Sheringham Seaside Gin
From personal project, "Ingredients"
![From personal project, "Ingredients" Yuki Manman (Boundless Snow) Sake](https://static.livebooks.com/bfe66a41f0ff40e283dca7e69e0e91ce/i/a95e71586f8143a0b91698576e06476e/1/GCuCv726gZycFxatknDdac/Ingredients-Sake.jpg)
Yuki Manman (Boundless Snow) Sake
From personal project, "Ingredients"