Sooper sekrit arts crap revealed!

[gurdymonkey]

The period private parts belong to Ama no Uzume no Mikoto, the Shinto deity of mirth and fertility.So disgusted with the mounting job that I am saving the study sketches for a do-over sometime in the future.

The textiles entry was my shibori sampler.


Left: Square dots which should have been much smaller ROUND dots.
Center: "Mokume" wood grain effect. (This came out really well and I'm envisioning a kosode with mokume stripes, perhaps for spring....)
Bottom right: The leaky mitsutomoe - you can sorta see the three wave shapes, but this was the tsujigahana section where the capping material failed.

Ballistics entry, a fustibalus or staff sling. It's a stick - with a sling on the end.

Research paper entry topic, emaki (Japanese picture scrolls).

Instrumental performance, "Asahi," an original composition for solo taiko, incorporating phrases from bugaku and traditional folk taiko.

I may eventually load all this stuff onto Wodeford Hall, but it's not happening this week.

Comments

[firehauke.livejournal.com]

These are nice! Thanks for posting pictures!

[kareina.livejournal.com]

Thanks for being willing to share, even when you aren't 100% happy with the results!

[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing the shibori pictures; the wood-grain is especially pretty, isn't it? I'm going to have Liam or Jeff make me one of the stands with the needles in it for catching the fabric to do little, tiny circles; I'll let you know how it works out.

[masahide.livejournal.com]

Cool stuff!