heARTwork by Yuri: 2017

Friday, December 8, 2017

a heARTfelt hapa holiday!

konnichi-wa, heARTists and heART lovers worldwide.

a 60's holiday party starring Yuri

it’s 8th day of the 12th month and nearly the end of 2017. with our focus on completing the War Brides of Japan documentary film, we’ve decided to change our scheduled posts for 2018.

look for us quarterly on these dates:

March 8

June 8

September 8

December 8

since Yuri’s birthday is April 8 and Buddha’s is celebrated that same day in many Asian countries, too, we’ll keep our 8th day theme, but only post quarterly.

meanwhile, in honor of the holidays, we present some of Yuri’s culinary and decorative heARTwork below.

xmas dinner of homemade vegan lumpia, collard greens, inarizushi, corn, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce & salad

Yuri made these cut-out clothes from origami paper & hung them with mini clothespins

she hung them on cut pine branches along with other handmade trinkets

pines are considered lucky in Japanese culture as pine trees live a long time

Yuri cut out these images from colorful magazines...

...then hung them with tiny dolls on pine branches

she also loved to wrap gifts...

...and add simple decorations around the house...

like this poinsettia

Muffin welcomes guests at the gate where Yuri's handmade wreath hangs

sometimes Muffin wasn't exactly attentive to her duties

another of Yuri's handmade wreaths hangs outside near the front door

and here are the usual links to our War Brides of Japan documentary film:

war brides of Japan videos:
youtube 88.1 Fresno interview
vimeo behind-the-scenes trailer
youtube behind-the-scenes trailer
vimeo pre-production trailer
youtube pre-production trailer
youtube v.2
youtube v.1

war brides of Japan websites:
warbridesofjapan.com
weebly
jimdo

war brides of Japan news:
multiracial media
DIFT interview
NBC
international examiner
international examiner 2
discover nikkei

war brides of Japan Facebook:
fan page

war brides of Japan LinkedIn:
how they learned to forgive and love the enemy
making love, not war
those bad ass brides!

war brides of Japan Twitter:
watermelonsushi

war brides of Japan G+:
google plus

war brides of Japan blogs:
on the road
tumblR

a war bride's artwork:
iamartistyuriko
heartworkbyyuri

hapa new year! ja!

Yuri’s Fans Forever

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

dog days with heARTist Yuriko

konnichi-wa all heARTists and heART lovers of the universe!

Yuri cooks and Muffin waits

it’s the 8th day of the 11th month and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.

at this point, you probably know that our documentary, War Brides of Japan—featuring women like Yuri, is well into post-production and our title has been added to IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7354346/?ref_=ttmi_tt

but back to Yuri and her heARTwork. last month, we shared some of Yuri’s cat paintings, so this month we’ll post the photo of her single dog painting--her portrait of the regal Princess. ironically, while Yuri loved painting cats (as attested to by her numerous portraits of them), she preferred the company of dogs.

check it out!

the regal Princess who was later replaced
by the rambunctious Muffin

and check out our War Brides of Japan links, too:

war brides of Japan videos:
youtube 88.1 Fresno interview

vimeo behind-the-scenes trailer

youtube behind-the-scenes trailer

vimeo pre-production trailer

youtube pre-production trailer

youtube v.2

youtube v.1

war brides of Japan websites:
warbridesofjapan.com

weebly

jimdo

war brides of Japan news:
multiracial media

DIFT interview

NBC

international examiner

international examiner 2

discover nikkei

war brides of Japan Facebook:
fan page

war brides of Japan LinkedIn:
how they learned to forgive and love the enemy

making love, not war

those bad ass brides!

war brides of Japan Twitter:
watermelonsushi

war brides of Japan G+:
google plus

war brides of Japan blogs:
on the road

tumblR

a war bride's artwork:
iamartistyuriko

heartworkbyyuri

Yuri and Muffin dance

Muffin sits and begs

until the next 8th day of the month, arf arf and bow wow.

ja!

Yuri's Fans Forever!

Sunday, October 8, 2017

cats, cats, cats!

konnichi-wa heARTists, heARTwork lovers, and lovers of cats! it’s the 8th day of the 10th month and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.

as you’re well aware, we’re headed down the finish line with our War Brides of Japan film. in fact, we now appear on IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7354346/?ref_=ttmi_tt

and, we’re currently working with our amazing composer, LaCat. just listen to some of her older tracks at this link:

https://soundcloud.com/lacatmusic

in honor of our working with Cat, we’re sharing two of Yuri’s paintings that feature cats.

enjoy! you can view more of Yuri’s heARTwork at the link below, titled 'iamartistyuriko'.

and here are the rest of the links to the War Brides of Japan documentary:

ja!

Yuri's Fans Forever!

Friday, September 8, 2017

flora Yuri

painted on a coaster

konnichi-wa, heARTists and heART lovers around the world.

it’s the 8th day of the 9th month, and time to show off a little more of Yuri’s heARTwork.

while we’re still busy in post with our documentary, War Brides of Japan, we’ll make it quick.

besides being an incredible artist, Yuri also had a green thumb. a long-time lover of all varieties of flowers, she loved creating art with that theme as much as she enjoyed growing flora.

this is painted on canvas

this piece is made of silk

please join our Facebook group page: Japanese War Brides & Families & Friends to share your photos of the war bride in your life. you can also follow our fan page War Brides of Japan.

meanwhile, enjoy the links to the War Brides of Japan documentary below:

war brides of Japan websites:
warbridesofjapan.com
weebly
jimdo

war brides of Japan news:
multiracial media
DIFT interview
NBC
international examiner
international examiner 2
discover nikkei

war brides of Japan Facebook:
fan page

war brides of Japan LinkedIn:
how they learned to forgive and love the enemy
making love, not war
those bad ass brides!

war brides of Japan Twitter:
watermelonsushi

war brides of Japan G+:
google plus

war brides of Japan blogs:
on the road
tumblR

a war bride's artwork:
iamartistyuriko
heartworkbyyuri

arrigatou gozaimasu.

Yuri’s Fans Forever

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

material girl

konnichi-wa to heARTists and heART lovers everywhere!

it’s the 8th day of the 8th month and time to share more of Yuri’s amazing heARTwork.

again, we’re in post production on our War Brides of Japan documentary. so, we’ll have to keep this blog post short and sweet.

btw, you can request membership in our Facebook group, Japanese War Brides & Families & Friends, where we discuss our Japanese war bride mothers.

a favorite medium for Yuri to work in was material. how that girl loved to sew!

here, she's dressed as the famous judo sensei Sanshiro Sugata in a kimono she made herself for this particular dance recital.

Yuri as Sanshiro

and here, she shows off a kimono and a football helmut she designed for her grandson when he was just a toddler.

boy's kimono

handmade football helmut

that’s it, Yuri's fans. short and sweet, but please check out the links below for more about the film.

war brides of Japan videos:

youtube 88.1 Fresno interview

vimeo behind-the-scenes trailer

youtube behind-the-scenes trailer

vimeo pre-production trailer

youtube pre-production trailer

youtube v.2

youtube v.1

war brides of Japan websites:

warbridesofjapan.com

weebly

jimdo

war brides of Japan news:

multiracial media

DIFT interview

NBC

international examiner

international examiner 2

discover nikkei

war brides of Japan Facebook:

fan page

war brides of Japan LinkedIn:

how they learned to forgive and love the enemy

making love, not war

those bad ass brides!

war brides of Japan Twitter:

watermelonsushi

war brides of Japan G+:

google plus

war brides of Japan blogs:

on the road

tumblR

a war bride's artwork:

iamartistyuriko

heartworkbyyuri

arrigatou gozaimasu!

Yuri’s Fans Forever!

Saturday, July 8, 2017

food as heARTwork

chef Yuri

konnichi-wa, heARTwork fans!

it’s the 8th day of the 7th month and time to share a little of Yuri’s heARTwork.

once again, we’re in the midst of editing the War Brides of Japan documentary. so we’ll leave you with some of Yuri’s favorite homemade heARTwork—food. enjoy!

first course, salad in a jar!

broccoli, bean soup, aforementioned salad & natto...what? no gohan?

and for dessert, freshly-baked Mom's apple pie

and here are the links to the War Brides of Japan documentary:

war brides of Japan videos:

youtube 88.1 Fresno interview

vimeo behind-the-scenes trailer

youtube behind-the-scenes trailer

vimeo pre-production trailer

youtube pre-production trailer

youtube v.2

youtube v.1

war brides of Japan websites:

warbridesofjapan.com

weebly

jimdo

war brides of Japan news:

multiracial media

DIFT interview

NBC

international examiner

international examiner 2

discover nikkei

war brides of Japan Facebook:

fan page

war brides of Japan LinkedIn:

how they learned to forgive and love the enemy

making love, not war

those bad ass brides!

war brides of Japan Twitter:

watermelonsushi

war brides of Japan G+:

google plus

war brides of Japan blogs:

on the road

tumblR

a war bride's artwork:

iamartistyuriko

heartworkbyyuri

bon appetite!

Yuri's Fans Forever

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Yuri's favorite heARTworks

konnichi-wa, heARTists and supporters of Yuri's heARTwork. it’s the 8th day of the 6th month and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.

but wait, we’re still busy editing our War Brides of Japan documentary, so we only have a few images for you; some of Yuri’s favorite things.

here’s a self-portrait of her as a cross-dressing dancer. seriously, she took on the role of a famous judo master in a dance recital, and even made the man’s kimono herself. then, she painted herself from a photo.

Yuri means lily flower, and here are lilies that Yuri grew in her garden.

finally, here’s a plate of her homemade spaghetti with steamed green beans, and garlic toast from her favorite whole wheat bread that she baked from scratch.