Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 45

              March  6,  1943     PIONEER     Page 3
TRAY   LANDSCAPES   ARE
FEATIRED AT FESTIVAL
   Out of tiny strands of
unravelled rope, spring
stars of pine needles from
the twigs and branches of
a proud and stately ever-
green--size,  six inches.
   Out of cotton, wire,
paper, and pink cream of
wheat, blooms a cloud of
loveliness in the perfect
form of an ancient and
twisted cherry tree, inches
high.
   These  are parts of amaz -
ing and beautiful tray
landscapes which are the
creations of Mrs. Kimi Ni-
nomiya, 6F-4D.   Tiny houses
and  churches  nestle among
rough mountains, smooth
hills,  broad meadows, or
intimate gardens through
which  streams , fences,
bridges, coaches, animals,
and people wend their se-
parate ways,
    Mrs. Ninomiya was well
known for her miniature
tray landscapes in Los An-
geles where she lived before
evacuation.    With colored
sand, papier-mache or peat
soil, bits of wood, broom
straw, and an ingenious
use of other materials, she
creates them, sometimes
within the space of a few
minutes, or many hours of
exacting painstaking  work.
   One  trayscape and an un-
usual flower arrangement
will be shown during the
Art and Crafts festival at
Terry hall today and to-
morrow.
--Margaret Walther
Largest   Class
Makes   Blooms
   The artificial flower-
making class, with 414 stu-
dents, is the largest single
class in the adult division,
according to Director Samuel
J.  Gordon.
   As their part in the Art
and Crafts festival at Terry
hall today and tomorrow,
the students are showing
blooms, seemingly freshly
plucked from California
gardens, but actually cre-
ated with crepe paper, wire,
and  paste.
DRAB  UNIT
REMODELED
   When you visit the Art
and Crafts festival at Terry
hall this week end, drop
in at Apartment  5E.
   Here, with ingenuity,
perseverance, and scrap
lumber, girls in Catherine
Lague's senior high school
homemaking class have
transformed an ordinary
drab unit into a bright,
livable  room.
   A remodeled mess table,
upholstered chairs, a cof-
fee table, bookcases,
screens, and window boxes
have been constructed by
the girls with the aid of
Lorenzo Burgert's industrial
arts   class.
   Visitors who wish to
try their hand at interior
decorating will be given
blueprints made by the high
school mechanical drawing
class.
           --Hannah Tani
INDIAN   ART
TO  BE
SHOWN
   Varied types of art work,
including a special display
of Indian art created by
Luril C. Billings' class,
dominate the e1ementary
school exhibit at the cur-
rent Art and Crafts show
at  Terry hall.
    The adult school life
class has contributed char-
coal figure and portrait-
studies.
   Research work on interior
decoration, fine arts, com-
mercial art, and cartoon-
ing will also  be  shown.
Fabric   Crafts
Demonstrated
    “A pleasing design and
a bit of color on plain
material adds a distinctive
charm to any room,”  points
out Shizue Watanabe, teacher
of fabric arts in the adult
division.
   Her students demonstrate
her credo at the Art and
Crafts festival at Terry
hall  this week end.
   With crayon patterns
steamed on unbleached mus-
lin, sheeting, and even
flour sacking, they have
made attractive bureau
scarfs, laundry bags, cur-
tains,   and   other    useful
items.    Also on exhibit are
designs made with the tie-
and-dye; process, another
textile art form.
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SKETCHES
   Visitors at the Art and 
Crafts festival in Terry
hall this week end will
marvel  at the wood carvings
done by Yutaka Suzuki and
his  night  school  students.
   Suzuki's technique and
ability as an artist and
teacher are reflected in
the carvings of flowers,
landscapes, and animals--
more than 100 of them--
which are on display at
the  festival.
   Just another  one of the
countless  numbers  of  issei
pioneers to arrive in Amer-
ica, he strove diligently
to acquire an education,  a
comfortable    income , and a
home.   
   After receiving his col-
lege education in Tokyo,
he attended high school for
two years in Seattle, then
established a nursery busi-
ness there.    Intermingled
with his regular livelihood
was his attendance at a
night school where he stud-
ied a course in architect-
ture.    In 1925 he was ap-
pointed manager of the
Sawudy and Hunt Co. in
Seattle, the largest let-
tuce-shipping firm on the
West coast.
   Three years later, he
moved to Los Angeles, where
he re-established himself
in the nursery business un-
til  evacuation orders came.
   Suzuki's apartment is
artistically furnished.
His beds, bookcases, dress-
ers, bureaus, tables, desks,
and benches are so excel-
lently done that everyone
who has seen them waxes
enthusiastic about his mar-
velous work.   His master-
piece  may be  seen on a
shelf--a bas-relief of Ma-
hatma Ghandi.   His per-
sonal pride and joy, the
dragon, is now being dis-
played  at  the  festival.
   His patience, ability,
talent, and desire to teach
--all these attributes can
be seen by attending the
festival and viewing the
grand exhibits of his stu-
dents.
--Suyeo Sako