Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Kakejiku for Wife

Yoshimi had some particular writing that she enjoyed and thought it was some of her best work. She asked me to put it into a scroll for her. This is the result. I used a green Shike cloth, with plastic ivory jikusaki, and a light gold hanging string. I love the simplicity, and informal design used in this Maru Hyougu scroll with the formal Kaisho (Block Print) writing.

This wallscroll is not for sale. If you would like to find out more please email to sales@customjapanesecalligrahy.com or visit my website and download the scroll design workbook in PDF at www.customjapanesecalligraphy.com

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Trinity Kakejiku Scroll for Viewing Stone


This scroll is a large Japanese size paper called Joufuku. It is for a Bonsai customer in Southern California. He wanted something that was more spiritual in nature for one of his viewing stones. It reads Trinity, and then the three small words underneath are Fother, Holy Ghost, and Son. In Japanese it reads Sanmi Ittai Tenpu Seirei Onko It is written in the Gyousho, Semi-Cursive style by Yoshimi Yamada Maples.
The cloth is a Benberugu Silk, with a Pine branch looking arabesque. The Ichimonji is a gold on white small flower karakusa. The Hanging string is a light gold, and the jikusaki is a Kokutan Enshu.
Scroll Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji
Name in English
Size in Bun
Size in Inches
Ten
114
13.60
上一文字
Ue Ichimonji
12
1.43
紙本の幅さ
Artwork Width
108
12.88
紙本の長さ
Artwork Length
445
53.08
Pillars
20
2.39
下一文字
Shita Ichimonji
7
0.84
Chi
75
8.95
掛け軸の幅さ
Scroll Width
148
17.66
掛け軸の長さ
Scroll Length
653
77.90