I think I'm starting to get the hang of using corrugated cardboard for etegami. The areas where the "ribs" show are where I cut and peeled away the top layer of paper. These are not collages. It's really fun. : )
These are great, Debbie. YUMMM, I could eat a giant bowl of oden right now! I like how you did the seal in the first one too. Bits of the cardboard that you peeled away are still left and look good, painted and unpainted.
Wow, what a seriously cool technique! I have to try it! If I post the results I'll give you full credit & link here, of course.
It's been far too long since I've made it to your blog-- there is always so much to see & absorb both visually & verbally. A delicious treat for which I regularly give thanks!
Etegami (e= "picture"; tegami= "letter/message") are simple drawings accompanied by a few apt words. They are usually done on postcards so that they can be easily mailed off to one's friends. Though etegami has few hard-and-fast rules, traditional tools and materials include writing brushes, sumi ink, blocks of water-soluble, mineral-based pigments called gansai, and washi postcards that have varying degrees of "bleed." They often depict some ordinary item from everyday life, especially items that bring a particular season to mind.
these look lovely! I love the colour schemes and the corrugated cardboard is a great background!
ReplyDeleteThis technique is fantastic!
ReplyDelete(The results are fantastics, too. Of course.)
ReplyDeleteThese are great, Debbie. YUMMM, I could eat a giant bowl of oden right now! I like how you did the seal in the first one too. Bits of the cardboard that you peeled away are still left and look good, painted and unpainted.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool. These make me tap my fingers on the keyboard and think. I love that when that happens :)
ReplyDeleteI love Love LOVE these! So cute!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a seriously cool technique! I have to try it! If I post the results I'll give you full credit & link here, of course.
ReplyDeleteIt's been far too long since I've made it to your blog-- there is always so much to see & absorb both visually & verbally. A delicious treat for which I regularly give thanks!
The use of corrugated cardboard was so unexpected to me that it made me cry out in delight. What fun to look at them and see new possibility.
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