dosankodebbie's etegami notebook: new etegami desk calendars

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Please check out my new Etegami Cats and Etegami Dogs desk calendars. Each features 13 of my etegami, including the cover photo. If you'd like one, order before August 31 to get the best price.

what is etegami?

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.