konnichi-wa and welcome back, fellow heARTists!
it’s the 8th day of the 5th month, and we’ve
returned with more of Yuriko’s heARTwork.
but first, to all you Buddhists out there: what day do you
celebrate Buddha’s birthday? in Japan, he’s called Shaka and, since they use the
Gregorian calendar, his birthday is April 8—same as Yuriko’s!
this year, countries like Korea and Nepal that use the
Lunar calendar celebrated Buddha’s birthday on May 4—same as Yuriko’s
daughter’s!
now, how did we manage to do that?
here are some of Yuriko's paper heARTwork pieces to entertain you
further.
these ohashi (chopsticks) covers are made of paper, thread and bits of
cloth. the hiragana says “o-te-mo-to”, which also means chopsticks. but since this
is not a blog about learning to speak Japanese, we’ll just leave it at that.
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| ohashi covers |
here's a fan made from a dress pattern and bamboo.
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| fan made from dress pattern and bamboo |
these are kasa (umbrellas) made of folded cigarette papers--a huge fad in Japan in the 1970’s.
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| kasa made of folded cigarette papers |
no joke, we hung this on our holiday tree.
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| holiday clothesline |
apologies to all true vegan Buddhists, but we used expired fish to make these on rice paper.
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| fish on rice paper |
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| fish on rice paper 2 |
and, of course, the ubiquitous origami cranes. 1,000, you say? you must be kidding. here are seven.
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| ubiquitous origami cranes |
until next time, check out Yuriko’s heARTwork in oils at this website:
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