Category: chigiri-e

  • Lady Ise finished

    Lady Ise finished

    After much effort, the Lady Ise scroll was finished. I mounted it on a hanging scroll and you can read my documentation of it here

  • New project, Lady Ise poem

    New project, Lady Ise poem

    So as my next project I have decided to re-create another page of Sanju Rokunin Kashu, this page is from a Lady Ise poem depicting mountains To imitate the shapes, I traced the shapes using a light table, extending them so there was overlap and making into templates. The templates I then used to make…

  • Now with paint

    Now with paint

  • Experiments

    Experiments

    My next big work is to be a re-imagining of a page from the Sanju-rokunin Kashu, Collection of 36 Anthologies. This is one of my favourite pieces, an autumn themed piece that I have decided make into a spring-themed one. The background paper is plain Japanese metallic paper that I have been very lucky to…

  • Laurel Prize at Rowany Festival

    Laurel Prize at Rowany Festival

    Hello again, I am still making things and should update with more work and experiments soon. This is me exhibiting my work at Laurel prize this year at Rowany festival

  • Paper layering

    Paper layering

    Some more experiments, this time with paper layering. This seems to work better with some types of papers rather than others

  • Autumn Chrysanthemums

    Autumn Chrysanthemums

    I managed to find some origami paper with metallic dragons and tried a layering effect with the paper, didn’t work as well as I liked it but I do like the red and orange effect Here is the text of the poem Iro kawaru Aki no kiku o ba Hitotose ni Futatabi niou Hana to…

  • Chigiri-e class – Fields of Gold 2022

    Chigiri-e class – Fields of Gold 2022

    Here are some pictures of my class on Chigiri-e that was done at Fields of Gold 2022 in Canberra. Was a nice relaxing afternoon creating art Handout for the class is located here

  • Autumn river scroll

    Autumn river scroll

    This was part of a scroll I made as a gift for a friend’s laurel ceremony. It is a revised version of the first autumn scroll I did

  • Waka poem from Taketori no Monogatari – Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

    Waka poem from Taketori no Monogatari – Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

    Waka poem from Taketori no Monogatari – Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Taketori no Monogatari, the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is one of the oldest known pieces of Japanese literature. It is a story of the girl Kaguya who is found in the stem of a bamboo, is courted by a number of men…