Wednesday, 27 December 2017

3 Favorite Images of Japanese Art

3 Favorite Images of mine!

ONE A #hokusai #ukiyo-e #print of desktop objects, brushes, inkstone, inkslab, brushpot.



TWO #Shibata #Zeshin Mixed Media Lacquer Metal Wood 



THREE #hokusai #Phoenix #painting 






Sunday, 24 December 2017

12 Days of Rewards on Patreon

traditionally the 12 days of Christmas run from Christmas Day to Epiphany so starting today I'm going to try to posts rewards including Technozi at least once a day on my


please visit and view 
I have a FREE artwork up called Shaken Tea 






Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Ink Colors

Trying to express the old saying about ink creating the five colors 
Yes that is radical 129 



People don't forget to visit my #patreon page for Xmas freebies 

Sunday, 17 December 2017

Christmas Post ONE

There will be extra Christmas posts but mostly PR about technozi rewards I'm putting up on Patreon

meanwhile


Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Chinese Cloisonne Rooster

By way of contrast to our prior post here's a Chinese #Qing dynasty #Cloisonne #Incense#Burner


I presume the wings are actually the cover and lift off and the incense exits via the beak?




Saturday, 9 December 2017

Sosuke Japanese Cloissonne

#yearoftherooster #sosuke #japaneseart #vases #cloisonne
The Year of the Rooster isn't quite over yet. While web searching for treasures to share with you
 I found this delightful pair of vases. Enjoy! The master who created these was called Sosuke.



Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Kisshoten is Lakshmi


#Kisshoten #Lakshmi A Medley of Images

Yes Kisshoten is Lakshmi. Goddesses Migrate!

#japanesesculpture #hinduism #buddhism


Just being doing a stats check and all of my all time most popular posts was on the evolution of images of Lakshmi from those in India to later in Tibet and Japan.

So here's some again to save you scrolling down! 









Saturday, 2 December 2017

Its still the year of the rooster!

#okimono #japanesesculpture #bronze #rooster #hen 

It's still the Year of the Rooster so lets get back to that for a few posts though I will be doing other bird / flight / winged beings theme posts before the year of the dog starts.




Here's a lovely Japanese Bronze Okimono for you to enjoy!

One side effect of the fall of the Tokugawa regime was that craftsfolk working in metal who once produced objects catering to samurai and daimyo like sword scabbards, armour and helmets needed new markets and shifted to creating what the Japanese call okimono and we call Objects of Art or Small Sculptures such as this lovely pair.

Enjoy!!!