• Genji manuscript finished

    Genji manuscript finished

    The calligraphy for the Genji scroll is finished, the text is included in the documentation of the piece.

  • Genji Emaki Monogatari

    Genji Emaki Monogatari

    For an Arts and Sciences competition category, For a Love, I decided to look in to the novel Genji Monogatari, seen as the worlds first novel by the female writer and poet, Murasaki Shibiku. I have chosen to base this off the 12th century manuscript of the work. This manuscript uses both gold and silver…

  • Layering experiment

    Layering experiment

    Working some more on the gradated layered paper, this time with the lighter, hairier paper and with a darker under layer. I do rather like this, and chose to decorate in silver rather than gold.

  • 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…