Migrating Geese and Moon Scroll for Bonsai Artist

 This was painted by Mariusz Szmerdt for a fall display that will be upcoming this year. I really took a long time on this scroll, which made many aspects of it for the long run much better hanging. From order to finish this took over a half year, and I am very glad for the patience of this bonsai artist.

There is a lot of white space in the painting, and the geese are small silhouettes. This type of painting makes it easy for the tree to become the focal point of the display and the scroll to just complement the features.

I chose this darker tan to help blend in with fall grasses that are very dry and dormant for the winter. The ichimonji is a small karakusa (arabesque) that is a gold on gold cream color. The kakehimo is the cloud pattern, which is gold with white fleck. The jikusaki is made with rosewood.

The dimensions of the scroll are as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	97	11.57
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13	1.55
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	50	5.96
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	139	16.58
柱	Pillars	18	2.15
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8	0.95
地	Chi	50	5.96
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	86	10.26
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	307	36.62

Remounting an Old Painting

Remember the painting I bought at auction of the Sagi 鷺 which is a heron or egret in Japan. This is the work I did today. First I cut away all the borders. I could have removed by applying water, but this was sufficient.

Next I removed all the old backing paper called Urauchi from the painting.

Lastly, I applied a new first layer of paper called Hada Urauchi to the painting.

I hope you like how it is progressing.

Osensei Morihei Ueshiba Sumi Kakejiku

 This is painted by Mariusz Szmerdt of Poland. He has such talent to do either abstract or very detailed painting. I wanted to do justice to the quality of the painting, so in this case I chose a black gold flower Karakusa (arabesque) that is a  Pure silk for the Chumawashi (intermediate cloth). I chose a gold on gold with a small flower karakusa for the border to contrast with the black cloth, and for the Ten/Chi, I used a benberugu, shike cloth that is khaki/tan. It is completed with a Ceramic jikusaki that has a dark brown that creates a color symmetry with the black cloth. It is finished with a Gold (Kincha) hanging string.










Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	100	11.93
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	51	6.08
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13	1.55
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	100	11.93
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	210	25.05
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8	0.95
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	24	2.86
地	Chi	55	6.56
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	140	16.70
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	448	53.44