Sorry I haven't updated much. I'm a little overwhelmed with going back to school!! I really try to stay on top of blogging, but I always drop off for a while. I will try to be more disciplined!
Quick Updates
1. I was corrected on the name for the maki sushi piece, it should be maki zushi! Thanks to the nice people who passed on the message.
2. I donated a free origami program for a few of the kids from the 200 Wellesley fire on Monday. There wasn't a big turnout as they have class, homework and other places to go, but I thought it would be nice to try and cheer them up. My friend, Iris and I ended up teaching the library staff too. Hopefully they can teach the kids how to do them another day when life isn't as hectic.
Bedtime: The Process
Anyway, the art I had at Ambiance Chocolat, garnered a lot of positive verbal feedback! My main goal was just to spread the origami love and show people that origami is another form of art to be enjoyed.
Here is the first piece. I don't have the descriptions with me at the moment, so I will post each artwork separately with its own description at a later time. For now, I will just post what I have and give you an idea of how my mind works while making these. Please excuse the repetition of the pictures+process and then later the same pictures, with the descriptions that come with each work. Sorry for the bad quality photos, as I didn't have the dslr with me.
pictures of the work in progress
Title: Bedtime (final version)
Wallpaper: The first thing I worked on, was the wallpaper. I really liked the bunny prints - they reminded me of wallpaper in a kid's room.
Window: I had a left over piece of chiyogami and I thought it would be nice if someone looked out a window and saw this beauty. I decided to make a window and then wanted to have curtains for it. Because the prints for both the wallpaper & the window are very elaborate, I decided that the curtains would have to be a plain colour. I also wanted the curtains to look soft. I decided to use tissue. I really like how they turned out though gluing drove me a bit nuts!
Bed: The bed was complicated. Because of the limited space in the actual frame, I had to decide how to position the bed. I made a pillow as well. Though a soft pillow would have been ideal, I didn't want to use tissue again, so I used card stock. The blanket was another lovely chiyogami print I found. I love the bunnies!
Mother & Daughter: I wanted to have Daughter ready for bed and have the Mother coming to check on her. Initially I wanted to have Mother reading a bedtime story, but it started getting complicated. How could I fit Mother beside the bed? Her body position would be hard to do. Instead, I made Mother standing near the window at the foot of the bed while Daughter was already asleep. Ironically, you can't really tell if she's sleeping, can you?)Daughter has pigtails to show her youthfulness and Mother has her hair tied back and a nice floral yukata (summer kimono).
Altogether, I think this piece came out nicely. It was actually sold today! It is now on its way to a new home.
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