16/09/2009 Wednesday

A book about Arabic calligraphy

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This is a book about Arabic calligraphy titled "روح الخط العربي (the Spirit of Arabic Calligraphy)" written by a Lebanese calligrapher named Kamil Al-Baba (كامل البابا). The calligraphy work on the cover says "علم بالقلم (Learn with the pen)". So symbolic. I love Arabic calligraphy. Sketched this on the 20th of August, 2009.
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15/09/2009 Tuesday

Soap from Aleppo

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This is a piece of soaps I bought in Aleppo. Aleppo Soap must have the longest history in the world's soap—the same recipe was found in clay tablets in Sumer period! Sketched it on the 17th of August, 2009.
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14/09/2009 Monday

Boring core after sampling

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This is a remnant of the core after collecting small samples for detailed analysis. Careful sampling from every 1 cm from more than 20 meters was such a murderously tiring work! I wanted to keep this as a memento of the hard work (and hope of the great discovery! :D), but I found this had broken into pieces when I got flew back to Japan... I sketched this one on the 10th of August, 2009.
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13/09/2009 Sunday

Boring cores

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The purpose of the trip was a kind of geological study related to the archeological project. These are the cores we collected this time. Core samples were kept in the half-cut PVC tubes and wrapped with clingfilm in the field. Hey, the room was filled with these muds! This was sketched on the first day of the boring, the 6th of August, 2009.
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03/09/2009 Thursday

Mirror

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This is a room mirror in the hotel room at Damascus. The frame of this mirror was Ottoman empire styled decoration. I sketched it sitting on a bed so the position of the mirror was a little higher. That's why you cannot find me in the mirror. Sketched on the 13th of August, 2009.
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29/08/2009 Saturday

Rusty parabolic antennas

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There are so many rusty parabolic antennas for satellite broadcasting on rooftops of buildings in Syria. I sketched this looking out from the window when I was staying in Ar-Raqqa town. I was surprised to see there were many channels from surrounding Arabic nations this time because the channels were limited when I visited there last year. These antennas were sketched early in the morning on the 8th of August, 2009.
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28/08/2009 Friday

Balconies of a flat in Ar-Raqqa

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This is a view from a hotel room. When I was sketching this, people living in the flat found me and we enjoyed a chat. They were surprised and happy to see their place sketched by a stranger from the Far East. They requested me to show them the step-by-step processes of this sketch. Sketched on the 11th of August, 2009.
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27/08/2009 Thursday

City view of Aleppo

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I needed to meet someone in Aleppo so I directly moved to the city from Damascus on the day I arrived at Syria. I sketched the view from the hotel room right after checking in because it was almost sunset. It was on the 4th of August, 2009.
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03/08/2009 Monday

Hat

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I'm flying to Damascus via Dubai from Osaka right now with this hat on. =|B-) I'm staying in Syria for a couple of weeks and I hope I can sketch things during my stay. This hat was sketched on the 31st of July, 2009.
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30/07/2009 Thursday

Belemnite fossil

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This fossil of a belemnite (Hibolites jaculoides) is from Speeton, Yorkshire, UK. Sketched on the 28th of July, 2009.
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