Sunday, January 22, 2012

illustration friday (twirl)


The Japanese characters are read kaza-hana or kaza-bana (literally: "wind flowers"), and are a poetic reference to snowflakes that dance in the wind on a sunny day. The inspiration for the snowflakes in this etegami were actually crocheted doilies. ;p
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 6:09 AM

    Ooh, I love this. My first thought was that they were snowflakes. Beautiful Debbie. Margie

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  2. SadamiJanuary 22, 2012 at 6:43 AM

    Hi,Debbie,
    I really love this work and particualrly, the kanji,"wind" that looks like smiling for me!!
    Cheers,Sadami

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  3. Ellen ByrneJanuary 22, 2012 at 7:47 AM

    Very interesting and lovely!

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  4. YoyoJanuary 22, 2012 at 8:34 AM

    I just discovered your blog and LOVE your etegami art work. 素朴で優しくて、見てるとホッとします。

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  5. pretty dayJanuary 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM

    This is really pretty. Very nice imagery!

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  6. Linda HensleyJanuary 23, 2012 at 8:43 AM

    I like the idea of wind flowers. Lovely piece!

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  7. jenniferJanuary 23, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    very dreamy....

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  8. Monika Roe IllustrationJanuary 24, 2012 at 6:13 PM

    So beautiful!

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  9. CarolineJanuary 24, 2012 at 9:36 PM

    Delightful! Very nice idea!

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 5:57 AM

    So lovely and dainty!

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  11. stardustJanuary 28, 2012 at 9:11 PM

    NIce to meet you, Debbie-san. Your comment to Evelyn brought me to this wonderful blog. I reacted to your name “Debbie native of Hokkaido” and your remark about Rokkatei.

    It’s been so cold, much colder than usual. Surrounded by mountains, we are chilled to the bone but we rarely have snow days here in Nara. However, I’ve seen kazabana whirling elegantly from the blue sky many times. Nice etegami, Debbie.

    Yoko

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