Saturday 13 October 2007

the evolution of a little box

I've been developing a little chiyogami paper box for the past week or so. It started off looking like this in its first incarnation:

Bright red covered chiyogami paper on the bottom and then textured, white Japanese paper on the top. Then my little monk woodblock print on top of that. I lightly lacquered the whole thing to protect the paper from wear and tear. But I didn't like the paleness of the lid so I started playing with it again and put some more chiyogami paper on it to lift the monk print out a bit.
I love the colours in the chiyogami I used for the new lid. And now it looks like this:

and this:I'm much happier with it now. I've also bought some plain coloured paper to experiment with more lids to work in combination with some other amazing chiyogami patterned paper I have from Japan. I bought a huge stash just before I left and then rolled it up and tucked it inside one of my large rolls of printmaking paper. And just the other day I re-discovered it again accidentally while rummaging through my paper collection. I had completely forgotten about it!

7 comments:

  1. hi! thanks so much for your comment on my blog (& for adding it as a link on yours). its so encouraging to receive good feedback!
    your woodblock printing is beautiful, very interesting reading about the process on your blog... i'm going to add a link to your blog on mine as well- i'm all for printmaking in all its different forms! Danielle :-)

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  2. Hey Danielle, so glad you dropped by. Your screen print designs are so vibrant. Can't wait to purchase some!

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  3. kylie ... gorgeous!
    love the whole paper-covered box thing .. if there were many more hours in my day and centimetres of space in my tiny abode i would fill it with paper-covered boxes (of my own making and those of others). love the corn-coloured patterned lid with your print.
    the whole shebang is so striking...
    noice little gift, me thinks, to fill with other things..

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  4. and thanks for opening up the world of ofpaperandthread ..
    love love love

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  5. hey thanks feed the dog. i know what you mean about paper box obsessions.

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  6. Hi there
    Just popped into your blog from sugarloop link and just wanted to say I think its lovely, love your work. Hope you don't mind if I link you on my blog. I am dying to try out some woodblock printing but am struggling for the time to do it at the moment. Will def be delving back here for some handy hints when I do start.

    Take care and keep printing!

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  7. Hi suziebee so nice to find you too!

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