Wall decoration challenge!! 2

I tried to make something for my wall on every month, but I missed last month! :( I thought its "easy peasy!" .... well, I'll do my best!

This month I made "Toilet roll art", I found this idea from Pinterest as usual.
I had collected the core of toilet roll since last month, It took long time to collect, specially live in here just two of us, my partner and me. Men doesn't use toilet paper not so much like girls!
Anway finally I had enough to make this!

Ta daaa~~!!
It's peacock inspired toilet roll art. I used acrylic paint to paint inside of the roll. It has glitter gold but hard to see in these photos...
You just need to cut the roll around 2cm wide and stick with glue!
How easy is that!!

And I made another one with left over rolls ...
That is.......

Cherry blossoms!!
Bend in the one side to make petals.I really LOVE this one. Just now, cherry blossoms season in Japan and I miss it so much!
But I can see my cherry blossoms at home every day ;)
I will make more when I got more toilet roll. This is very fun craft!!



Hey, do you know mother's day is next month!!
Find unique gift at Zakka81 Japanese style ☆

How to make Origami Ornament Ball (Kusudama)

Have you try to do some Origami (Folding papers) work? Do you think it's very difficult? hard to do??
I'm sure you need practice at first, but once you use to folding papers, this flower ornament ball is a piece of cake!!
I found this tutorial on youtube, you need 60 piece of Origami paper (square paper) and glue. Oh, and specially you need patient!! ;) I recommend to use Origami paper because the color. When you fold some "both side same color" paper doesn't looks great, still fine but two color combination is much better.
I was cut the origami (mine was 15cm square) in four equally (make 7.5cm) and my origami ball size is around 11cm diameter.

Ok, here is the link...
Anniversary, Designed by Mio Tsugawa

Enjoy your Origami!! :D

Image your imagine

My favorite photos at the moment.

Can you imagine this?

From http://pantherjmrawrs.tumblr.com/


How beautiful this is From http://tatiannna.deviantart.com/art/Morning-Mood-117043223

Have you check under the sea?From http://www.facebook.com/wetlandcare?sk=wall

Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori

Do you think this is a photographic? No, you are wrong!!
Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori, making most breath taking 3D art.He paints the goldfish by using acrylic paint on layers of clear resin, meticulously adding layer upon layer to give the paintings an amazing sense of depth. The result is an image so breathtakingly detailed that we could only think these were real goldfish suspended in time.
Wow....I never seen like this art before and I really love it!

And you MUST see this video! This video gives you a glimpse of his amazing painting process.
You tube --->> "Goldfish Salvation" Riusuke Fukahori"I can't believe this is not a real goldfish still now!!

Photos from Frickr --->> Goldfish Salvation at ICN

The art of cakes

I think you know him already , but I just found his brilliant cakes!!
I really want one of them for my wedding! but his shop is in New York, no chance... even if I got chance how much do I need to pay?! Oh, it's say "Our minimum order is $500. Novelty and sculpted cakes usually start at $1,500. For the wedding cakes that start at $15 per person and the smallest tired wedding cake requires a minimum of 50 servings"
$15 for the piece of cake but I'm sure there is no disappointment!!

Check his homepage or Facebook for more his amazing works!!
Ron Ben-Israel, his shop is in New York.
Can you believe it? it's ALL eatable! Yes, ALL!!!

The Queen of polka dots

Do you know Yayoi Kusama?
She is a Japanese artist whose paintings, collages, soft sculptures, performance art and environmental installations all share an obsession with repetition, pattern, and accumulation. (She has described herself as an "obsessive artist".) Her art is characterized by polka dots.

"...a polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka-dots become movement... Polka dots are a way to infinity."

And look what she did!! This is at the Queensland Art Gallery, simply give thousands of colored dot stickers to the kids who visit here. What a fun!!

Images from COLOSSAL
Don't try this in your house ;)

Yayoi Kusama’s "Look Now, See Forever" exhibition that runs through March 12 at the Queensland Art Gallery.

The art of Kimono

★ New in the shop ★

I'm making some little things for my craft and always get small piece of fabrics.
So I made these canvas art with left over fabrics!
Kimono is a kind of art.
Beautiful colors and traditional designs.The workman dyed this fabric by hand with the pattern that had been used for more than 40 years.
Please check my etsy shop and find out more details★

The art of Kimono - chirimen purple 10cm x 10cm
The art of Kimono - chirimen pink 10cm x 10cm
The art of Kimono - chirimen purple 5cm x 7cm mini canvas magnet (set of two)
The art of Kimono - chirimen pink 5cm x 7cm mini canvas magnet (set of two)

New My mum's art

★ New in the shop★

New my mum's arts arrived!
Do you like some Japanese food? How about this!
Right side is a Japanese sweets, and left side is a Japanese gourmet! Sushi, tenpura, soba noodle!! Oh I miss them very mush! :) and another Kabuki art★

Please check my shop for more details!
Japanese gourmet - original art
Kabuki 2 - original art

New My mum's art

★ New in the shop ★

In Japan we are having a summer holiday now :)
A lots of festivals and events are available at all over the country★
My mum draw few Japanese festivals and it's in my shop!
Please see my shop and find out more festival details :D
and new Kabuki picture is in my shop too.

Japanese summer -http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29031167
Japanese summer2- http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=29031680
Kabuki - http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=29030565

My mother's art - 5new!!

★ New in the shop★

My mum has a rheumatism. Her finger is bend unnaturally and sense lost.
= about her story =

5 new my mother's art is now in the shop!
All about Japanese culture★
Find out more at my etsy shop :)

Okinawa Kabuki - original art

★New in the shop★
=My mothers art=

This is a stage art of Okinawa called「Kumi odori」
It has been presented for 300 years and it is specified for the important intangible cultural heritage of Japan.
see wikipedia about Kumi-odori- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumi_Odori

a booklet of Kumiodori

Have you seen Kabuki? See this youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXo003ekkpQ

My mothers art

★New in the shop★

My mother send these and more to me other day from Japan.
We are talking almost every day on the phone and she loves what I doing for mum.
She said "I wish I could use internet for say thank you to all of you who gave to me a message and I can see other people's art work!"
Well, my mum can not use mobile phone or DVD or any hi-tech machine. She think it can use cordless home phone as like as mobile phone, still now.
Anyway I'll do it for her. That's a better way at the moment ;)

Merry Christmas!!

Season's greetings to everyone!
I wish all you have a great Christmas and Happy New Year☆ :D

Isn't it great?
Julian Beever a pavement drawings artist.
His web site is http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/index.html for check more tricky arts!

About Japanese crafts

Is everybody has interest about Japanese traditional crafts? We have a lots of crafts which is clothes, home decor, interior, toy, pottery...and so on.
I found great web magazine it's all about Made in Japan.
It's called PingMag Make.
Very interesting!!




PingMag MAKE is the sister site to PingMag. We use an interview format to put the spotlight on a wide range of people active in rural areas. We document the voices of these unknown heroes and broadcast them to the world. It’s the Japan-based magazine about people and making things, coming out once a week. We’re passing on the passion, ideas, skills, and life stories of people who are building today and exploring tomorrow: craftsmen, engineers, entrepreneurs, and inventors. Stay tuned!
http://make.pingmag.jp/

Unbelievable!!

Isn't it amazing?! I fond this from Japanese web news.

His name is Bill Dan, a performance artist.

This is not fake, not computer graphic, no glue!!  

Visit original web news site, and find more about his art!!

http://www.ddailymail.co.uk/news/article-1060827/A-stone-ishing-The-artist-balance-heavy-rocks-other.html