8.16.2009

Leaves printing workshop with Mitsuru koga at Tortoise



we went hunting for leaves which we thought we were going to do leaf cutouts but actually we were printing with leaves and not cutting them.

Koga san demostrated how to print with leaves.






These are the envelopes he made with the leaves printed paper. He let us pick one as a gift from him. Sweet! His prints are so delicate and so nice. It captures the most beautiful grain and texture of leaves.






These are the ones I made, and I love the ones with grass.




In tortoise you still can see some of the sea stone vase and sculptures by Koga san. The are so fine!


(see it bigger)


(another view)

The leaf cutout art from Koga san.








It was a very nice work shop!! I'm glad that I went. It was so nice to meet Koga san.

11 comments:

  1. The leaf prints are beautiful! Was it difficult to do? And I find the stone sculptures really cute!!

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  2. it's not that difficult, we just used stamp ink pad. but some leaves are harder to print, depends on the shapes, thickness and the wax on their surface.........

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  3. Oh, I love every photo in this post! And your carving in the post before :)

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  4. I took the workshop on Saturday! He makes such wonderful work. I have to put up pictures of my envelopes. Glad you enjoyed your day!

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  5. Hi!

    What a beautiful post! So delicate!
    love your pictures!

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  7. J'aime beaucoup les petits cailloux à pieds.C'est choux.

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