Category: collage
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Paper layering
Some more experiments, this time with paper layering. This seems to work better with some types of papers rather than others
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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…
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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
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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
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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…
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Autumn poetry scroll documentation
Chigiri-e waka – Japanese calligraphy poetry scroll on a collage page Medieval Japan had a strong literary tradition of poetry, fiction and drama. Some of these works were even written by female writers. I have created a scroll in this tradition, using the elements that the same writers used at this time. What I have…
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Chigiri-e: Collage and illumination in Japanese literature
Here is a class I taught on Chigiri-e in the East Goes East. It talks about the history as well as techniques and my own works
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Chigiri-e
Chigiri-e is the Japanese art of torn paper collage. In the coming weeks I plan to discuss in detail some of the ones that I have completed including how they were created and the development of the calligraphy
My Japanese Art Creations 