Asian beauties in Art

Toyokuni II, or Utagawa Toyoshige, was a student and adopted son of Utagawa Toyokuni. Toyokuni II’s work strongly resembled that of his teacher, and that similarity, paired with his use of Toyokuni’s name—especially his exact signature—continues to raise questions about the authorship of certain prints. Like the woman in the adjacent image, the subject of this “blue-printed” print wears a kimono printed with bats, an emblem of good luck that appeared often on decorative arts. However, the use of a bat shape for the title cartouche here is highly unusual.






















Brooklyn Museum photograph
Catalogue Description: Woman, dressed in kimono with bat design and obi sash of eggplant and vines, stands before a maiden flower bush with a tobacco pipe in her hand. Condition: Small tear at top left. Needs to be remounted.





















Illustrations from a vintage children's book, adorable images of Chinese and Japanese children in turn of the century costumes. 6 unique images and a total of 12 images on these 8.5 x 11 inch collage sheets. All sheets are sold on gloss paper, transparency, vellum and Fabrik-paper.





















Antique Japanese Art Collage Sheet 31. Six original images with duplicates in various sizes for a total of 11 images for collage, decoupage, altered art and scrapbooking. 8.5 x 11 inch sheet.
























The art board was first covered with a textured Japanese book cloth which I stained badly in doing this with glue - I "fixed" this by staining the entire surface with gold acrylic paint which produced a aged look.





















The Image of the Japanese woman is from Japanese Art Collage Sheet #1shown above. Text frame and lotus flower are from scrapbook papers. The wrapped fiber embellishement uses several fibers together found on





















Paper Art Dolls are just too much fun not to try. If you been trying to find shapes to get you started here they are. Three doll shapes including a mermaid and a bonus kimono too. Printed on heavy 80# card stock to make your own patterns to trace onto heavier cardstock, chipboard, water color stock, or foam core or maybe something else I haven't even thought of.






















For those frustrated with curling cards these are just the item. I tested these personally, globs of paint, too much paste glue, sprayed with Walnut Crystal solution, even used one for a coaster for my iced tea. They hold their shape. Items you glue to them may curl, but these cards hold their shape. They have a high fiber content and are extremely strong even when wet.





















Same stock as the ATC blanks above. Precut pages 4 inches x 4 inches for Fat Little Book Page Swaps.




















Sturdy & archival quality - perfect Artist Trading Card Canvas for artwork with heavy embellishment work such as charms, microscope sides, beadwork etc. Cut from premium framing matts, sold in packs of 9 assorted colors only.





















Sturdy & archival quality - the perfect canvas for stand alone 4x4 art miniatures. Assorted colors with white smooth backs.































Perfect for artist new to ATCs. A great way to see just what canvas sytle works best for you. Try one of each! 11 ATC blanks: Watercolor, High Gloss, Matte Board, Gameboard, Mini ATC Alter, Bingo Card, Cranes Cover, Chipboard and standard 80# cardstock, 1 each of the gold and silver metallic cardstock. All the styles included in this pack are sold in separate packs on this webpage.






















A amazing assortment of Chinese fancy hand-finished paper in an array of shiny, textured, metallic sheen, pearlescent sparkle and a variety of embossed patterned finishes. These ATC papers are not heavy weight and generally should be backed against a thicker material such as our Chipboard or Matt-Board ATC's. 25 assorted ATC papers per pack measuring 2-1/2" x 3-1/2".