onushi

sculpture, 2003

He is the one of people who helped me and took care of me a lot in London. Engraver in Hong Kong, who likes my Illustration called “ONUSHI” that AFRO family has, made figures based on it. That time Internet was not spread out like now even though I had to go pay phone with some cards to making international calls. In such time that figure are sent to my apartment. It is hard to feel that I got time in this SNS developed society.
So that I realized that that time was very valuable moment.

ロンドンでもっともお世話になった友人の一人。AFROさんの家族の"御主"のドローイングを気に入ってくれた香港の原型師がイラストを基に制作。
当時はインターネットがまだ身近に普及していなく、海外へ電話するのにも国際カードが必要で電話ボックスから掛けていた時代。
御主のフィギュアはある日突然自宅のアパートに届いた。
このうれしい気持ちはSNSが発達してしまった現在では感じる事の出来ない。貴重な時代だったんだな。と再確認。