Full Moon Sumie in Sandan Hyougu

 

This wallscroll is a full moon painted by Vinh Bui The painting is specifically for a bonsai display type of scroll. The scroll measures 3 feet long by 8 inches wide. It was made with Autumn themed colors. Orange Ichimonji with a karakusa, Burnt Orange Pure Silk Intermediate cloth and a Bronze Ten/Chi. It is completed with the Kodai Saniro Hanging string and Plastic Jikusaki. 

Strong (Tsuyoi) Kakejiku

This is a wallscroll I made for a church youth group, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City. The theme for the youth this year is in the New Testament Phillipians 4:13, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. So the leaders asked my wife to write the character for Strong. I then asked the leader which cloth they wanted to utilize for the scroll and they selected this blue donsu that has a nomi pattern. To complement the strong theme, in the church there is a hymn called "For the Strength of the Hills" That is the reason I used a mountain or hill pattern gold Ichimonji cloth. The scroll is finished with a lacquere jikusaki and the takuboku hanging string. Some other scriptures for the kakejiku related to strength, hills and reliance on Christ are the following:

Hymn: There is a Green Hill Far Away

Old Testament: Psalm 24:3

New Testament: Matthew 5:4

Doctrine and Covenants: 49:5