Bonsai Tansaku Kake Wallscroll

 

 This beautiful scroll was commissioned by a bonsai artist at the Golden State Bonsai Federation convention in Sacramento. This is for a winter season poem, which is not written yet. I think the gray cloth is a perfect way to express the chill air felt on a snowy day. Hopefully, we will have a chance to see the scroll paired with a beautiful bonsai at an upcoming exhibition.

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	110	13.12
タンサクの幅さ	Tansaku Width	25	2.98
タンサクの長さ	Tansaku Length	120	14.31
柱	Pillars	17	2.03
地	Chi	60	7.16
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	59	7.04
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	290	34.59

Kakejiku Remount Part 2

In the previous post, we showed pictures of the painting with the Ichimonji and Hashira intact. The second photo was of the painting after the Sou & Hadaurauchi were removed. (These are additional layers of backing paper). This photo is of the painting with a new Hadaurauchi applied. It helps remove the wrinkles, and repairs the tear, and helps to minimize the yogore or stains on the left hand side of the painting. I got the cloth in from Japan last week, but want to give this one a little time on the drying board.

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Old Kakejiku or wallscroll Remount Work

Besides orders for new scrolls I am working on an order for a remount. This painting is on paper, and there was no Ten and Chi. Also there were small sections with yogore and one slight tear. Last night I spent a good while carefully removing the Sou and Hada Urauchi. The Hada urauchi is the first paper used to back the painting and cloth. The Sou urauchi is the layer of paper used to seal all the assembled pieces together. I will keep everyone apprised of some of the steps to the finish.

Seki Kazari

This was my first go at displaying the Yosemite waterfall scroll with a plant. It takes a lot of effort to get it...I will next put down a Blue Shitajiki to have a better background for the Jiita. I wanted to use some cattails, because they were still intact when I left for the Golden State Bonsai Federation convention in Sacramento. However, when I came back there were none available for use.

I should also shorten down the daisy to be less high than the rush weed.

Also it is obvious that I am not the best cameraman.

Dee Teller Print - Thundering White Horses

This print was from Artist Dee Teller. She is a very talented sumi painter. The horses are so lifelike and the colors so soft. I chose colors that would help to bring out the print while still being framed in the white to provide relief to the eyes. Even though the border of the print has white, I did not list this as a daihari in the table measurement below.
The scroll is made with a ginran for the ichimonji, and the jikusaki is a ceramic light blue with white fleck. The hanging string is takuboku.
Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	115	13.72
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	16	1.91
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	148	17.66
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	149	17.77
柱	Pillars	12	1.43
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	10	1.19
地	Chi	65	7.75
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	172	20.52
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	355	42.35

Dojo Alcove with Yoshimi's Writing

Yoshimi wrote this shikishi Ichigo Ichie for this dojo. I especially like the armor. Her writing is beautiful. The scroll is not mine. I have seen many of these modified Sandan Hyougu scrolls. I think two tone scrolls are more traditional with the chuumawashi having a small karakusa (arabesque) with a solid cloth color for the Ten & Chi.

New York Dragon

Another Dragon sumi work made into a scroll for a New York artist.
Dimensions:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	105	12.53
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	8	0.95
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	71	8.47
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	97	11.57
柱	Pillars	20	2.39
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	4	0.48
地	Chi	60	7.16
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	111	13.24
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	274	32.69