Mixed Media Artist
I started making mood books some time ago from the pages of magazines I didn’t have room to keep, but I couldn’t quite let go of. Each one starts with sorting the pages in themes, folding and pre-punching the holes and binding them with a Coptic stitch binding. Each page is then decorated from top …
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I need healing. Don’t know about you, but I suspect that you feel this too. There are so many reasons to need healing. Bodily healing, relationship healing, social healing, emotional healing, and spiritual healing are just a few needs that come to mind. I don’t believe we are meant to bear our burdens alone, but …
Chigiri E = ちぎり絵 Chigiri means to rip or tear + E meaning picture Chigiri E is a picture made out of pieces of torn washi paper. They are iconic illustrations of the Japanese traditional lifestyle, seasonal touchstones and people wearing traditional clothing. These days there are modern themes as well. Traditional Japanese paper …
If you have taken to origami you may be interested in learning about kirigami. Kirigami is a word that is accredited to Florence Temko in her 1962 book Kirigami, The Creative Art of Papercutting. Kirigami 切り紙 is a mixture of Kiri + Gami. Kiri is a form of the verb Kiru …
Most of the clothes I own are devoid of pockets. This means that juggling a cell phone is an adventure. Finally, there seemed to be no other choice but than to make an over the shoulder bag to cart it about wherever life might lead. Well, if you are going to make a bag, why not …
Japan is a paper lover’s heaven. There are kinds of paper for everything and arts developed for different kinds of paper. It’s easy to blow a month’s salary on paper goods if you do not take care. Ummm, how do I know…? Japanese paper arts are also quite well known around the world. Which can …
Chinese New Year is still fresh for me and I want to keep some of that good fortune with me as we move toward spring. As I was finishing a delicious meal of lo mein and reaching for my fortune cookie, a vision for a fortune keeper came to me. As a saver of …
February is one of my favorite months for celebrating. There’s Groundhog Day (Very low cost), Valentine’s Day (What’s not to love about a celebration of Love?) and Chinese New Year which gives me another excuse to eat good food. But my personal favorite is Setsubun. Odd that, but so it is. I first learned of …