Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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I printed my kite linocut on watercolour (without cyanotype*) and collaged Japanese papers too!

*previous (and future planned iterations of this print) are made on cyanotypes of a cloudy sky

#linocut #printmaking #kite #windsock #koinobori #koi #printmaker #reliefprint #mastoart

Last updated 1 year ago

Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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I made a second cyanotype of a cloudy sky printed with my Lino block with several different kites and wind socks. Then I printed my block on various beautiful patterned and coloured Japanese washi papers, and collaged them on my image. I did a little embellishment with Posca pen.

The koï-shaped wind socks are traditionally flown in Japan on Children’s Day, May 5.

#cyanotype #multimedia #washi #linocut #printmaking #kite #windsock #koi #koinobori #cloud #alternativephotography #mastoart

Last updated 1 year ago

Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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I felt my cyanotype of a cloudy sky needed more, so I carved a Lino block with several different kites and wind socks and printed it in hill ink over the cyanotype. Then I printed my block on various beautiful patterned and coloured Japanese washi papers, and collaged them on my image. I did a little embellishment with Posca pen. I’m planning a series of these prints.


#mastoart #cyanotype #multimedia #washi #linocut #printmaking #kite #windsock #koi #koinobori #cloud #alternativephotography

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon Sullivan · @joncounts
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These flying fish are new on my bike ride to work. A string of fantastic fish-themed wind socks fly on a power pole in the middle of farmland south of Lincoln, NZ.

These little things really brighten up a place, plus it's always windy here.

I've learned that they're , 'carp streamer' in Japanese. They even have an emoji: 🎏

Wikipedia says koinobori were "originally exclusive to samurai households". Perhaps a samurai dairy farmer has arrived.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobor

#koinobori #Fish #nz #japan

Last updated 1 year ago

from the Blue & White store in Azabu Juban — an -dyed carp banner made by children with disabilities.

#koinobori #indigo

Last updated 2 years ago

Akihiko SHIRAI, Ph.D · @o_ob
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