Kobaien Earth Paper has an interesting texture as you can feel the small amount of earth in it.
It does buckle/crease with too much moisture, so I dry mounted it onto a 300gsm card and then I was able to build up many layers of colour with fine edges.
With the moisture in each layer the paper would swell slightly, but then dry flat.
Working in this way I was able to obtain depth of colour and subtlety of shading.
I used Suibokugayou Aozumi ink, Saibiboku colours with the addition of gamboge yellow and white.
Now that the painting is framed the paper seems to glow - it is quite exquisite. It took me a little while to get used to it, but I will definitely be using Earth Paper again.
We are over the moon with appreciation to Ichi Inc.Japan and their craftsmen. Thank you for your superior service and care with every order.
Kindest regards,
Kelly & Michael Pickering
Safe delivery, lovely sincere note with the package. Beautiful high quality products! Will purchase again.
It's a very high quality ink that helps me to create great works of art. Very beautiful black colour and beautiful shades. Even when very thinned with water this ink is still very subtle.
I am very pleased with the variety and selection of Uda Gami washi that I have received. The four color tones in my order: Akebi, Yomogi, Sakura, and Ai, are as pleasing to the eye as their texture. I feel honored to be a very small part of the tradition to which the Fukunishi family in Yoshino, Nara brings great honor.
Furthermore, my order was packaged with great care, and arrived safely and securely. The enclosed letter and handwritten remark brought a smile.
Ichi Inc. continues to impress.
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Ichi inc, Japan
Thank you very much for your comment on our blogpage.
We have never thought of that old native American people used ink dishes like ours! How interesting and wonderful!
As for the use of big brush, calligraphy performances combined with dance and costumes have also been popular these days in Japan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNMYLZFVzg
James Bleess
I am amazed! I love these photographs of a place and still – instruments, far away. How much we do not know is revealed clearly. Function determines form. The ink dishes for instance. These are exactly like paint pallets used by early native American people ages ago. The Arizona desert occasionally gives one up. Their use was the same; mixing a medium to paint. Here it is ink. A wonderful lesson here. Time, form and function. The giant brushes are equally amazing. I would love to see such a brush, in the hand of an artisan, applying ink to paper.