Red small Journal Entries

5 creative works found

• 10th Top Ten!! 'Wings'
  by francophotos

  Thank you to all who voted for ‘Wings’ in the Birds In Flight challenge putting it in the Top Ten in The Birds group !http://images-3….

  Thank you to all who voted for ‘Wings’ in the Birds In Flight challenge putting it in the Top Ten in The Birds group

• Small Announcement!
  by Ruth Palmer

  I’m pleased to announce that my painting “Luscious Red” / / !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/view:main/2960879-3-lusciou…

  I’m pleased to announce that my painting “Luscious Red” / / will be featured in the September 2009 release of The Spirituality Of Sex by Wood Lake Publishing Inc. a Canadian Christian Publisher. Here’s a link to the book if anyone is interested: The Spirituality Of Sex

• Feature
  by KatsEye

  I Love Bird’s featured the following: !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small…

  I Love Bird’s featured the following: What a way to wake up in the morning. I am so happy and surprised.

• WHAT?!! How did I get on the homepage?
  by ShadowDancer

  I have to say it was such a surprise to see REDs little icon on my bubble page saying I had a feature. Incredible! I have to be hones…

  I have to say it was such a surprise to see REDs little icon on my bubble page saying I had a feature. Incredible! I have to be honest, I never thought that would happen. Thanks to Julie Langford for suggesting my “small door” in the collection as a tribute to those that help create layouts for the homepage.

• Ben's Kokeshi
  by Karin Taylor

  Kokeshi (こけし, kokeshi?) are simply wooden (木, ki, ko?) or small (小, ko?) dolls (芥子, keshi) originally from northern Japan. They are handm…

  Kokeshi (こけし, kokeshi?) are simply wooden (木, ki, ko?) or small (小, ko?) dolls (芥子, keshi) originally from northern Japan. They are handmade from wood, have a simple trunk and an enlarged head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face. The body has a floral design painted in red, black, and sometimes yellow, and covered with a layer of wax. One characteristic of kokeshi dolls is their lack of arms or legs. The bottom is marked with the signature of the artist. (Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokeshi) / Ben My otomusuko (younger son) Ben who turns 13 in December, made this beautiful timber kokeshi doll for me during his Japanese Studies class… it remains unfinished in the raw timber state, and i really quite like it that way. I found this old tin and it fit her perfectly for a litte photo shoot this morning. / Ben’s Kokeshi with Sarah my choujo (eldest daughter) who is 17 now, in the insert wearing a beautiful kimono she was dressed up in by a shopkeeper in Japan, she has just come home from a 2 week stay in Japan with a host family Kokeshi were first produced by Kiji-shi (wood artisans) at the Shinchi Shuraku, near the Togatta Onsen, Zaō, Miyagi Prefecture5 from where kokeshi making techniques spread to other spa areas in the Tōhoku Region. It is said that these dolls were originally made during the middle of the Edo period (1600–1868) to be sold to people who were visiting the hot springs in the north-east of the country. A few of my own kokeshi designs below: / The woods used for kokeshi vary, with cherry used for its darkness and dogwood for its softer qualities. Itaya-kaede, a Japanese maple, is also used in the creation of both traditional and creative dolls. The wood is left outdoors to season for one to five years before it can be used.