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sakura kokeshi
12x12, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016
had a few requests for PRINTS of my most recent commission since posting her last week (she is kinda cute...). she in NOW AVAILABLE in my
etsy shop.
if you'd like something custom created for your little one, please
email me and i will surely do my best to accommodate you.
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kokeshi commission
12x12, acrylic on canvas
©the enchanted easel 2016 |
a few weeks ago i had a commission request for a little kokeshi from the sweetest lady via
etsy. obsessed with all things japanese/kawaii since birth, well she didn't have to ask me twice. ;) her response to the finished painting made the rest of my year..
."That is the cutest thing I have ever seen!! Thank you so much - I am so excited about it. It is perfect colors, perfect sweet girl. Our grandma was Japanese so it means a lot to us to have something to remind us of her!"
{PRINTS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK!!}
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"akai kokeshi"
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
she is the second kokeshi in a four piece series i am currently working on. her name means "red" in japanese, hence the obvious red kimono. she is FOR SALE, as a PRINT in my etsy shop found here:
also FOR SALE, as a PRINT is midori....found here:
up next....little Kiiro. 3 guesses what color she is (hint-it's the name of my favorite Coldplay song...).
{speaking of Coldplay, the new cd comes out on monday and i am so excited i can barely stand it!!! chris martin. sigh....}
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| was going to just attach a pic of chris, but i was trying to be fair to the rest of the guys...;) |
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akai kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014 on this little beauty this week! |
on this little beauty this week!
totally loving this kokeshi series i am currently working on....and i love that they are perfect squares (my favorite shape...no surprise there since i'm so OCD and love everything to be perfect and exact.)
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Midori Kokeshi
©the enchanted easel 2014 |
one of four kokeshis I am currently in the midst of painting. those who know me, know i am japanese obsessed. from sakura trees to teriyaki chicken to the language....obsessed. i love kokeshi dolls. love everything about them from the size to the intricacy of them. the japanese are master crafters and i have nothing but the utmost respect for them and their dedication and discipline in everything they do. should have been japanese....;)
midori is FOR SALE as a PRINT here:
she would make a lovely addition to any girl's room. can't wait to get working on the other three!
The kokeshi doll is a Japanese folk art form. Kokeshi dolls originated in the Tohoku region of Northern Japan in the early 1800's. The dolls were first made by woodworkers, called kiiya, who sold the designs as souvenirs in the winter season to tourists who came to visit the well known hot springs resorts.
The woods typically used for kokeshi are cherry, dogwood, Japanese Maple and Mizuki. The wood is left outdoors to season for one to five years before it can be used. The woodworker turns and cuts the dolls on a lathe and then polishes it to a very smooth finish. The head and body are usually turned separately; then attached together by a plug. Then the kokeshi doll is painted.
Traditional kokeshi, produced only in the six prefectures of Tohoku, are very simple in their design with round heads and cylinder like bodies sans limbs. The floral and linear patterns painted on the kimonos have been developed and passed down through generations of kokeshi makers and are distinctive to the area where they are made. The primary differences between styles are the shape of the body and head, as well as the painting and colors u
One of the things that’s so harmful about the USA PATRIOT Act’s gag order, in my opinion, is that the people who have the best firsthand information about it are the ones that are least free to talk about it.
I was one of four library colleagues who challenged an NSL [National Security Letter] in the courts around the time of its reauthorization. We were under a gag order because of the nondisclosure provision of the NSL section of the Patriot Act. This happened even though a judge with high-level security clearance had declared that there was no risk in identifying us as recipients of an NSL. We were therefore not allowed to testify to Congress about our experience with the letters - which seek information, without court review, on people like library users. It is more than irksome to now discover that the attorney general was giving Congress false information - at the same time that we recipients of NSLs were not allowed to express our concerns
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By: nicole,
on 11/9/2016
By: Jill Casey,
on 2/2/2011
By: Jessamyn West,
on 7/23/2007
Jil, Thank you so much for this post, i have collected these wee dolls over the years, firstly for my daughter & now for myself, i love them. But do you know i never knew this about them, i feel as though i have just found a missing puzzle piece & my dolls have taken on an even more precious place in my heart. x
I love these. I remember having some when I was young.
Thanks Ruthie,
It helped me too to learn about the kokeshi dolls. I have a few and they are special. By the way, you have a beautiful website.
Thanks Burgin,
I really like these dolls too.
Thank you Jil for those lovely words, ps i just wen to re-arrange all my lovely little kokeshi dolls ;-)