gurdymonkey | Sooper sekrit arts crap revealed!

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.