Wednesday, February 9, 2011

shungo asada (japan)


One of Shungo's hobbies is to sketch the faces he sees when he rides the local trains. He gives himself about 1 minute for each sketch.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

mike szwarc (usa)


Yippee! Another card for my "Rabbit" call. The Chinese characters refer to the Year of the Hare/Rabbit. The paper-cut of the rabbit is simply awesome! Mike says he borrowed the design from the new lunar year stamp just released on Jan 22.

hatsue chiba (japan)


This painted lino-cut depicts one of the paper dolls called "Ane-sama ningyo," which have been painstakingly crafted from colorful Japanese paper for hundreds of years in certain regions of Japan. It's my first card from Hatsue, and the words say "I'm happy to meet you on this Etegami day."

fumiko koga (japan)


A turnip collage made from bunches and bunches of tiny paper flower shapes, like the flower stickers my kindergarten teacher used to glue into my attendance notebook. The words say "Come, come Spring. Come, Good Fortune."

david berube (usa)


Woooo! A much-awaited lino-cut print from the maker of the fabulous Berube Bug series I posted here last year. We've missed you, David!

shungo asada (japan)


A print (lino-cut?) on a thick, fibrous card that Shungo made himself.

yun (france)


In response to my "Rabbit" call! Bunny etegami with a bunny stamp. Double bunny!