Dee Teller #16 - Moon Flower Sumie Scroll

This is the 16^th Scroll in the series for DeeTeller’s solo exhibition titled Asia Speaks. What I really like about this scroll is the soft feel of the cloths and transition from the dark background of the painting. It is a beautiful painting, with a moon that radiates boldness, but is still soft as a backdrop to the flower. The border of this is actually ginran, which is silver filament instead of the usual gold filament thread. I actually put in on backwards to have a more muted design. You will also notice that there is about a 1.5 millimeter piece of the ichimonji that borders the artwork. The white cloth with the small karakusa (arabesque) is a nice fit for the scroll. Above you can see the beautiful ebony wood jikusaki that has bone inserted into it. This really is quite beautiful with the blue of the painting.   In fact one can see this scroll in the background of the link.                                                                     Dimensions of the scroll listed below.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	97	11.57
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13.5	1.61
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	77.5	9.25
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	150	17.89
		0.75	0.09
柱	Pillars	20.5	2.45
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
地	Chi	75.5	9.01
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	120	14.31
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	343	40.92

Dee Teller #8 - Woven Moon

This is the eighth kakejiku or wallscroll in a series for an exhibition by artist Dee Teller. You can purchase her art at the website provided.  It is titled woven moon.

As I was contemplating this scroll, I wanted something that would push the purple background to the forefront, but still display the painting of the moon and the tree. The silver chuumawashi with the large Karakusa (arabesque) pattern seemed to do that while the gold Ten and Chi really seems to soften the painting to the viewers eye. It is a similar style I used on this piece of a cloudy moon. http://wallscroll.blogspot.com/2012/04/bonsai-scroll-order.html

  This scroll is completed with a black jikusaki that has a gold ring around the outer edge, and a Usu Kincha Hanging String. I am really happy with the way this scroll turned out.

Dimensions as Follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	118	14.08
上中廻し	Ue Chumawashi	40	4.77
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	134	15.99
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	116	13.84
柱	Pillars	14	1.67
下中廻し	Shita Chumawashi	19	2.27
地	Chi	75	8.95
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	162	19.33
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	368	43.90