mona lisa smile

Maria, queen of all queens, mother to all

the butterfly

For the last few weeks I studied the yuzen technique used in Japan to create kimono designs on silk(or chirimen) The fabric I used was chinese silk(Japanese silk is hard to acquire) It took me about 3 weeks to complete, this is by far one of the most intensive projects I worked on, and this is just a fraction of a complete kimono(lets say 1/20th part) It would be absolutely amazing to make one though.

Patterns used on kimono are picked by season, age and marital status as well as general status. Almost every flower and animal(and so on) has it's own meaning.
With this design I wanted to capture the fragility of youth(especially in japan) with the moon in the middle shining on a bright surface of clear water. purple branches of a weeping willow touch the surface. Above the surface a sky is hovering, bringing clouds that symbolize the coming adulthood. But for the meanwhile there seems to be nothing that can bring it to a stop. The youth is symbolized with peony flowers, lily's and the carefree butterfly that lazily floats near the flowers.

yuzen try-out

yuzen dye technique on silk, the first try out of a design on silk. I am currently mainly trying out the technique in general, it''s is interesting to see the dye do the work on it's own. instead of sketching a design I simply started working somewhere and went with it from there.

Yuzen is a japanase textile decoration technique in which a piece(usually a bolt meant for a kimono)of silk is treated with rice starch to create a pattern which is then dyed with silk dyes. The silk dye would flow in all directions without the starch(personal experience) with this you can create light and flowing designs.

Ouran highschool host club

randomness after watching ouran highschool host club..I know, I know...Still love it though XD

A random day of the week..

I didn't make this XD it's relevant however..

Schiele color test and other

Some more recent work I made the last couple of weeks. At the moment I'm still trying out the yuzen technique for kimono decoration when I came across an exchange program for artists, unfortunately they didn't have any places anymore..maybe next year..

Lolita bunnies

some amigurumi bunnies..