• 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…

  • Autumn poetry scroll documentation

    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…

  • 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

  • Chigiri-e

    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