Glazed ceramic with calligraphy, containing red Bordeaux 6" x 7" x 6 inches 15cm x 18cm x 15cm Collection: Peggy Gale Translation: "Place my heart in spirits of wine." (a last request, from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic bowl with calligraphy Translation: "Our whole business consisted in eating cherries together." (regarding his relationship with Josephine; from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic fruit bowl with calligraphy Collection: Fern Bayer Translation: "The pear is not yet ripe." (regarding the wait before an attack; from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic dish with calligraphy, filled with imported sake Translation: "One drop of water causes overflow" (There is a moment in every battle in which the least manœuvre is decisive") —from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

Glazed ceramic planter with calligraphy, potting soil Collection Fela Grunwald Translation: "Ivy will cling to the first met tree, that is the whole history of love." (regarding his relationship with Josephine; from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy, French coins 10 inches (25.4cm) square Translation: "St. Helena, Hmm... small island. —Napoleon as a boy" (Déjà vu towards the island of his banishment and death; from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic mug with calligraphy, shaving brush, and cake of shaving soap. Translation: "I have always shaved myself." (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy Translation: "Waterloo will be a picnic." (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy Translation: "I watched the world spin beneath me." (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy 11.5 inches (29.2cm) diameter Translation: "I burnt it" (in reply to what did he do in Moscow; from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy 11.5 inches (29.2cm) diameter Translation: "We eat dogs, donkeys, and camels." (a journal entry from Egypt on February 27, 1799; from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy 11.5 inches (29.2cm) diameter Translation: "Can one be as fat as I am, and have ambition ?" (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy 11.5 inches (29.2cm) diameter Translation: "Kill your Emperor if you wish." (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy 11.5 inches (29.2cm) diameter Translation: "He who wishes to be understood by the people, must first of all speak to their eyes." (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plate with calligraphy 11.5 inches (29.2cm) diameter Translation: "If you go to the baths of Lucca, I would be very glad to see you." (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Glazed ceramic plates with calligraphy. Set of five. Translation: "Divide and Conquer" (from the memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte)

Ink on white denim, containing one lacquered rock 28" x 24" x 19 inches (approx) "One day a huge ball of wax fell out of my ear."

Ink on white denim, contains one six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon 40" x 40" x 6 inches Translation: "Throwing up is much easier when you have abdominal muscles."

Ink on white denim, red lacquered wooden posts 52" x 48" x 29 inches (approx) Translation: "Every dog has naked heat." (from a Japlish sweatshirt by the brand Labrador Retriever)

The "study flag" unfurled. Ink on white denim, red lacquered wooden post 56" x 28 inches (approx) Translation: "Sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours fail."

Ink on white denim, red lacquered wooden posts, lacquered bricks 47" x 48" x 36 inches (approx) Translation: "Why are there no female gorillas on The Planet Of The Apes?"

Ink on white denim, lacquered rocks bound with bamboo, red lacquered wooden post 56" x 48" x 28 inches (approx) Translation: "Tanaka-san, implementation specialist" (a friend's business card)

Ink on white denim, grommets 56" x 12" x 4 inches (approx)

Ink on white denim, grommets 56" x 12" x 4 inches (approx)

Ink on white denim, containing round wooden disc 42" x 42 inches (approx) Translation: "Time is a circle" (from P.o.t.A.)

Ink on white denim, lacquered rock bound with rope Approx 62" x 40" x 55 inches

Ink on white denim, rolled onto red lacquered wooden post 42" x 44 inches (approx)

"Diary rags" installation at The Japan Foundation Toronto. Entries from journal kept while in Japan. Series of one dozen. Sumi ink on cotton Each approx 15" length

"Diary rag" with entry from journal kept while in Japan. Sumi ink on cotton Each approx 15" length Translation: "While asleep in Tokyo, I went to a wild party in Osaka."

"Diary rag" with entry from journal kept while in Japan. Sumi ink on cotton Each approx 15" length Translation: "I watched the silver fish fly and eat out of the mouths of birds."

Ink on white denim doorway curtain, red lacquered wooden post 42" x 37 inches (approx) Translation: "How many futures do we have ?" (from P.o.t.A.")