Mixed Media Artist
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 …
Shoup, Lynda Diane. Work in Progress. 2017, Private Collection of the Artist. So you write that artist statement, that biographical material, the descriptions of your pieces, or whatever it may be. At some point, you have to stop writing and put it to the test. This isn’t easy. We’re a little too close to our work. Too close …
A little envelope I made for a friend. To claim your blog on Bloglovin’ you have to paste a little piece of code like this one:<a href=”https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/18911915/?claim=dx5vg5nc2dx”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>That’s not much of a post, so if you don’t mind. scroll on down and see something more interesting.
For a while I have been yearning to become more serious about my blog and the time is now ripe. I’ve changed the name. I have now written a mission statement. My blog shares my personal art pieces as well as information regarding writing, technology, and record keeping for artists to develop a community of …
I’m trying new things. That’s nothing particularly astounding. I write this so that I can claim this blog on Bloglovin’. There are so many ways to organize the blogs I like to visit and so many ways to welcome others here. <a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/9959511/?claim=d3rncnc5c4a”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>If you have a favorite rss feed, blog follower, or …