Finally the Fuutai

The last post was of this scroll in the Sandan Hyougu style.
This is the scroll with the Fuutai in the Yamato Hyougu style.

Which mounting format do you prefer? Explain why...

Dragon Scroll in Sandan Hyougu

This scroll was done for an artist who lives on the East coast. I love the yellow of the Ginko leaves in this painting. When making each scroll, challenges arise. In this case, when the original Hada Urauchi (first layer of backing paper) was applied to the artwork, there was a large wrinkle. So I peeled it off and started anew. Also, there was some Uki (bubbling/floating) in the Ten/Chi cloth section that I had to fix. I hope he likes the color combination. This scroll is still not complete. I still need to do the fuutai, to make a Yamato Hyougu style scroll.

Just some thoughts on the design. I wanted to use golds that would complement and not compete with the warm colors of the yellow ginko leaves. I selected a gold cloth that has a very small detailed pattern, for the chuumawashi. In the photo it looks like it is almost solid gold, but it is not. For the ten and chi portion I wanted to use a lighter tan, almost cream color Shike style cloth, to help soften the strong golds in the Ichimonji and chuumawashi. Some people have complained that they do not know the perspective in size....so I took the picture below to give you a reference of the relative size of the scroll. It is completed with a machined, lacquered wood jikusaki, and the kodai san iro hanging string.

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