Cover : Growing Home : Hannah Bailey
Hannah is an award-winning artist and illustrator living and working in Somerset.
Hannah’s illustrations begin with pencil sketches that are traced and each tiny shape and segment hand-cut into a stencil. She then uses vibrant inks to fill the shapes with texture and colour, digitalises the elements and rearranges them into a final composition.
Hannah is inspired by the natural world, growing things and history, specialising in non-fiction childrens books as well as editorial and food illustration.
Cover Tittle : KUJIKA
January/February : mandara Garden
When you plant a mixture of vegetables and flowers, it looks beautiful. If you incorporate companion plants that help each other grow, a good relationship will be created between the plants and they will grow vigorously.
Place a chicken tractor in the garden bed where you want to rest.
Chickens eat grass, scratch in the soil, and look for insects. What's more, it also mixes in manure, so it looks like it was plowed with a mechanical tractor.
Characteristics of plants and animals help us in our work.
A mandara garden that is fun to watch and enjoy harvesting.
Illustration by kurado Katsuya&Takae&Jo
We relocated to Miharu Cho, Fukushima Pref. in order to practice Permaculture but Again, in 2011, moved to kume Minami Cho Okayama Pref., due to the earthquake Disaster. We built a multiple purpose cooking oven with Pechka function to it. We are now building out Permaculture design from near targets at gentle pace.
March/April : Hand made lavender water by home made distiller
Lavender grows in abundance in the fields of Kimamaya. When I tried to dry it, I couldn't dry it completely, so I thought, ``Yes! Let's make lavender water!'' So I built this distiller out of an impulsive excitement. I'm sure it's not very efficient compared to the distillers on the market. But it's fun to make!I drew it with the feeling that you can make anything you want, not just a distiller. Western herbs are good, but I'd also like to try making distilled water from Japanese plants such as Shirabiso and Kuromoji. (from Permaculture Calendar2015)
Illustration by Nodoka Mitsuishi
Born in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. Unable to leave Ina Valley, where she had moved to go to university, she lived her life enjoying the many blessings of the nature of Ina Valley, surrounded by the Alps, and the people living there. After that, she become a resident of ``Kimamaya'' and spends her days savoring the joys of everyday life. In 2016, she won a picture book award by her “Hechima-kun” .
May/June : What it means to take a life：Unknown blessings from pigs
There are lives that support our lives. Respects and gratitude to those lives.
It's not just meat that we receive from a pig. Gelatin is made from collagen found in pig skin and bones. It is then processed into all sorts of things, including desserts, margarine, marshmallows, toothpaste, vitamin capsules, and photographic film. Pig bones that are crushed and roasted are used as raw materials and pigments for ceramics. In the past, soccer balls and rugby balls were made from stuffed pig bladders. Orthopedic surgeons sometimes use bandages made from pig skin to treat burns. Durable pig hair can be used for brushes. Pig heart valves are the material for artificial heart valves (biological valves) for humans. Our lives are supported by pigs. Please think about the precious life you are called to do.
Illustration by Camilla Pintonato
Camilla Pintonato is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, and textile designer based in Venice. She studied illustration at MiMaster in Milan and completed her MA in editorial design at ISIA in Urbino.
Some of her favorite things, in no particular order, are: books by Oliver Jeffers, Jon Agee, and Jon Klassen, “spaghetti alla busara,” Rosmarino her cat, chickens. She spends her spare time gardening (and cuddling Rosmarino).
Camilla is the author and illustrator of Full Moon and Detective Mole, Detective Mole: The Golden Lantern, and illustrator of Wally the World’s Greatest Piano-Playing Wombat and the award-winning Chickenology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia, Pigology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia and Sheepology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia. Her books are translated into more than 10 languages
July/August : Ama divers
I first became aware of haenyeo and ama divers after seeing some beautiful photographs taken by Hyung S. Kim, published in 2015. Since then I’ve read everything I can find about these incredible women free divers, their sisterhood and respect for the sea. I can’t think of any other physically demanding job where the average age of the woman is 60 - and many are much older than that. I’ve been inspired to make a series of illustrations about them, this one might be romanticized a bit.
Illustration by Anne Bentley
Anne studied Painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She works from her studio in the San Francisco Bay Area creating art for children’s books, stationery, editorial, puzzles, home decor and advertising.
September/October : Forest garden
Forest garden is a forest design method modeled on young forests found in nature, in order to obtain more of the food necessary for life and various fruits that can be used in daily life in a sustainable manner. A forest garden is modeled after the structure of a forest and is created by layering nine "fields" in a limited space. We decorated the forest with Japanese plants, praying that not only humans but also animals, insects, and microorganisms will have a rich life in this forest.
Illustration by Wakana Kawamura
Illustrator & Permaculture Designer.After graduated from the university, she started to work as a nurse in Kobe but, fascinated by American music and art, jumped out to the west coasts of USA in 2003. Out there, she found herself taken with green things. So, she entered landscape faculty to study botany and designing, and there encountered Permaculture. She returned to Japan in 2016. What she has been doing is “to create eatable woods” throughout Japan. As a member of Permaculture Dash Lab, she works as permaculture designer and also has made a debut as an illustrator composing “Earth Catalogue for everybody”Now in Hamamatsu is she engaged in Forest Garden Project, which is to create eatable woods.
November/December : Bio-Geofilter
I drew a bio-geofilter that uses the power of nature to purify domestic gray water produced by human life. Microorganisms live in the porous stones such as tile chips that are lined in the bio-geo filter. Microorganisms break down organic matter in water and make it available for plants to absorb as nutrients. The water is purified by the plants absorbing the decomposed nutrients. The gray water from the septic tank flows from the first sloping layer to the second, third, and so on. Plants with stronger purifying power are planted in the first layer, and as you get to the bottom of the fourth layer, you can plant watercress and other edible plants. Vegetables grown during gray water purification can be harvested and recycled into energy for people.
Illustration by Kanae Teshigahara
Graduated from the University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, majoring in art. Worked at a gallery in Tokyo. Then worked at a sustainable farm "KURKKU FIELDS" in Chiba Pref., then at the nature garden “Edibin Kayabaen” a community garden in Tokyo Pref. Involved in growing herbs and vegetables and creating nature experience programs for children. Currently, while working as an illustrator to convey information about nature and the earth, I am exploring the field of nature preservation through crafts, food, and art in Yamagata Pref.. She expresses herself with children every day, valuing the growth of each child and the moments when their individuality shines through nature and daily life.
Production team
Producer / Director : Riko Hirata
Permaculture Designer, California State Ciertified Counselor
KUJIKA
http://kujika.jp
Design : Toru Hatanaka
Farmer / Graphic Designer / Curry maniac
Grows Rice at Rice terraces in Kamogawa, Chiba Japan
http://www.so-kurashi.com/
WEB：MICHIO YAMASHITA
Produced by Permaculturists’ Network
