Spirit Woman Shodo Kakejiku Dee Teller Number 5

This is the fifth scroll in a series by Dee Teller. Her writing and work is very fluid and beautiful. This is titled Spirit Woman, and the second character is definitely easy to read as woman or onna in Japanese 女. The first character is in a Full cursive, and I need to confirm with the artist what the characters are.

For this scroll, I thought it would be best to use the most informal scroll style and mounted the art in a Fukuro Hyougu style. The slightly off white silk with the peach colored paper provides an inconspicuous backdrop for the scroll. I used black suji that are 0.5 bun, to border the Top (Ten) and Bottom (Chi) sections of the scroll. It is finalized with a resin jikusaki that really mirrors a true ivory, without having to kill any elephants...

Scroll Dimensions are as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	69	8.23
筋	Suji	0.5	0.06
天	Partition Bottom	45	5.37
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	76	9.07
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	212	25.29
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
地	Chi First Partition	24	2.86
筋	Suji	1	0.12
地	Middle Partition	15	1.79
地	Bottom Partition	40	4.77
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	116	13.84
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	406.5	48.49

Migrating Geese Fukuro Hyougu

This scroll is no longer for sale. Artist is Darlene Dihel. It was purchased by a bonsai artist at the Bonsai in the Bluegrass convention.

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This scroll is my favorite of the three. It is in the Fukuro Hyougu style with one suji in the Ten section and two suji in the Chi Section. I used the navy cloth to symbolize the night, along with the Kogecha kakehimo and black plastic Jikusaki to give the feel of night. The Orchid suji is used to contrast strongly with the dark cloth.

Dimensions as follows:
Kanji English Name Size in A. Bun B. Millimeters C. Inches


天 Ten 99 299.97 11.81

天 Partition Top 70 212.1 8.35

天 Partition Bottom 29 87.87 3.46

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 70 212.1 8.35

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 106 321.18 12.64

柱 Pillars 19 57.57 2.27

地 Chi 61 184.83 7.28

地 Partition Top 19 57.57 2.27

地 Partition Middle 14 42.42 1.67

地 Partition Bottom 28 84.84 3.34

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 108 327.24 12.88

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 266 805.98 31.73