this style was really different from what i normally draw, but I've been wanting to just make a loose painting in a while. dedicated to my lil tatung steamer from college days
#stationery #stickynote #originalart #usefulart
(my shop update is live and stationery is 20% off ^v^)
Hand painted/drawn laminated bookmarks with stickers and tassels
Hand painted/drawn laminated bookmarks with stickers and tassels
Hand painted/drawn laminated bookmarks with stickers and tassels
Hand painted/drawn laminated bookmarks with stickers and tassels -birds, butterflies, flowers
Hi Friends! I need to get cat food & hiking sandals so my new usable art is up for sale! I have laminated paper bookmarks, wood bookmarks, hand painted pencil cases & little lined notebooks all <$25
Free USA shipping! Each unique!
Shown here: laminated bookmarks $15 ea
#giftsforreaders #usefulart
A netsuke is a small carved ornament, especially of ivory or wood, worn as part of Japanese traditional dress as a toggle by which an article may be attached to the sash of a kimono. A netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inrō box, netsuke later developed into ornately sculpted objects of craftsmanship. Like all art objects of great worth, netsuke distill the essence of a specific time and place. Worn as part of a traditional Japanese man’s ensemble from the 17th-century onwards, the netsuke’s purpose was hyper-specific, and its functional simplicity lent artists unlimited freedom to constantly redefine what it could be. Formally, netsuke have few requirements: they must be small, they must have holes through which to pass a single cord, and they must have no protuberances that could damage one’s kimono. Everything else is left to the carver’s imagination. As such netsuke differ in style, subject and material as widely as the personalities of their makers, and they are consequently supremely collectable. Netsuke emerged as a practical solution to dressing in 17th-century Japan. ‘Men’s kimonos didn’t have sewn-up sleeves — they were completely open, front and back, and that meant that the sleeves couldn’t be used as a pocket, as they could in women’s kimonos,’ Goodall explains. To carry things suchas tobacco, medicine or other necessities, men hung stylish inro and other vessels from cords looped under and behind the wide sashes that held their kimonos in place. At the other end of those cords, men fastened small, ornamental objects as counterweights; those objects evolved into netsuke.
'Owl attacking a bat' netsuke
ebony wood with inlays
19th century CE
Japan
#handmade #japanese #netsuke #circa19thcentury #Japan #japanesecraft #carved #wood #inlay #japaneseart #art #tiny #sculpture #utilitarian #usefulart
A little tiger dish for all the little things that need a home #pottery #clay #earthenware #usefulart #tiger #creative
