yorukamome (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} yorukamome) wrote,@ 2008-01-13 22:24:00 |
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...it all began with the ugly yellow box of an elegant wallet I was gifted for Xmas - and that's all what I was
able to "give birth" to, along these bad times: sincerely, I'm realizing more and more (and more than all NOW)
that it's not a too well done work: I understand by myself the reasons, not too much time left to achieve the
two works to send to London - not accuracy neither novelties, only four old haikus that I wrote back in time,
one for each season, simply repeated and badly written here...yes, the level is LOW LOW LOW, although the
work was hard and often seriously binding for my fingers (I made it all by myself, the sewing the cutting the
leather covering etc)...oh well, briefly, I hope you friends can find in such a strange object some "curiosity
pleasure" at least - anyway, here you are the final outcome of my depressing attempts: I named it, like that
next-to-come book of mine, 「俳句の一年・HAIKU NO ICHINEN」, "haiku for one year".
BOX: cms 4 x 14 x 11;
INSIDE COVER: plain silk, deep brown; Amalfi watercolor ivory paper 100% cotton, 340 g/mq;
OUTSIDE COVER: thin suede leather, nut brown;
OUTSIDE LACE: violet suede leather, crossed thru an ancient samurai's helmet clasp;
BOOKLET: Fabriano 80% cotton deep green paper 260 g/mq, Amalfi handmade light ivory paper 60 g/mq;
BOOKLET TIE: natural corn straw;
FABRIC SUPPORT: pure cotton and rough silk in two different beige colour tones, cms 12 x 54;
VELLUM: ram, appr. end XIX century, each one sized cms 6.01 x 9.02;
INKS: japanese and chinese originals;
BRUSHES: japanese originals - swan, marten;
SEALS: these last ones deserve a special comment - the biggest one was carved expressly for
me by a friend of Sakuo Sensei's, Furutani Sensei, who is a real Maestro of this Art: it shows,
written with the chinese-like reverse order and in the original "tensho" style, the two kanji for
「鴎庵・OU AN」 (SEAGULL ・ HERMITAGE); I myself carved years ago the second one with the
「鴎・OU」 and the two small lozenges: these last ones show my full name's capitals 「FLDP」
and the Amalfi's symbol 「the Malta cross」as they appear in the ancient monograms/seals
of my mother's family.
夜かもめ ・ 鴎庵
able to "give birth" to, along these bad times: sincerely, I'm realizing more and more (and more than all NOW)
that it's not a too well done work: I understand by myself the reasons, not too much time left to achieve the
two works to send to London - not accuracy neither novelties, only four old haikus that I wrote back in time,
one for each season, simply repeated and badly written here...yes, the level is LOW LOW LOW, although the
work was hard and often seriously binding for my fingers (I made it all by myself, the sewing the cutting the
leather covering etc)...oh well, briefly, I hope you friends can find in such a strange object some "curiosity
pleasure" at least - anyway, here you are the final outcome of my depressing attempts: I named it, like that
next-to-come book of mine, 「俳句の一年・HAIKU NO ICHINEN」, "haiku for one year".
BOX: cms 4 x 14 x 11;
INSIDE COVER: plain silk, deep brown; Amalfi watercolor ivory paper 100% cotton, 340 g/mq;
OUTSIDE COVER: thin suede leather, nut brown;
OUTSIDE LACE: violet suede leather, crossed thru an ancient samurai's helmet clasp;
BOOKLET: Fabriano 80% cotton deep green paper 260 g/mq, Amalfi handmade light ivory paper 60 g/mq;
BOOKLET TIE: natural corn straw;
FABRIC SUPPORT: pure cotton and rough silk in two different beige colour tones, cms 12 x 54;
VELLUM: ram, appr. end XIX century, each one sized cms 6.01 x 9.02;
INKS: japanese and chinese originals;
BRUSHES: japanese originals - swan, marten;
SEALS: these last ones deserve a special comment - the biggest one was carved expressly for
me by a friend of Sakuo Sensei's, Furutani Sensei, who is a real Maestro of this Art: it shows,
written with the chinese-like reverse order and in the original "tensho" style, the two kanji for
「鴎庵・OU AN」 (SEAGULL ・ HERMITAGE); I myself carved years ago the second one with the
「鴎・OU」 and the two small lozenges: these last ones show my full name's capitals 「FLDP」
and the Amalfi's symbol 「the Malta cross」as they appear in the ancient monograms/seals
of my mother's family.
夜かもめ ・ 鴎庵
