hana toronagare' (evaluation)

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Evaluation for Hana Toronagare Title: Hana Toronagare Dimensions: 14 x 12.2 x 15 cm Media: Wood, LED candle, washi paper, sumiink, ink palette Date done: January 20, 2011 The project ‘Hana Toronagare’ was influenced by the Chinese/Japanese culture. In Japan, there is a festival called “Obon” festival which takes place from July or August 13 th ~16 th , depending on their calendar. The process is a way to guide the spirits that have been departed. The origin of the festival is from a similar festival in China. They use firecrackers on the side of the road and the Chinese pass the boats to ward off the evil spirits. “Hana Torongare” came from the previous project “Through a Lantern”. Same as “Through a Lantern” I used washipaper, sumiink, wood. The materials that I have added and used for “Hana Toronagare” are the new ink palette that I bought, and the LED candles that were needed to light the lantern. For the wood, it was different than the one that I had used for “Through a Lantern”. When I went to HOMES, I had 4 choices of wood, different weight, color, and thickness. I decided to go with the lightest wood and paint on it with acrylic. Since I wanted to give a traditional color, I painted the structure of the wood with dark brown. Acrylic was a good choice, because it dried up fast and therefore I could paste my screen designs onto the structure of the lantern. Before painting onto the real paper, I searched on the sites for different types of flowers and with those flowers; I tried painting it with the inkpalette that I had bought. The flowers were hard to paint with since the screens for the lantern are small, I had to paint them smaller and it was hard to try creating gradient with each stroke. For brush strokes, to move freely, its easier to do on a bigger size paper. When you twist the brush, the tip of the brush flattens and leaves a thick paint on the paper. I also tried mixing the colors in two ways. The first way is to use a color to paint the structure, and then use a different color to go in between the lines. The other way I tried was to first dab the paintbrush with yellow, or one color, and then dab the tip of the brush onto another color. Then you press the brush down onto the paper and the paint mark that it leaves, become the petals. For “Hana Toronagare”, I received ideas from different people on the size of the lantern. Some people said if she were I, she would do 3 big lanterns whereas other people said they would do small mini ones. From the beginning, I was planning to do the small mini lanterns so I decided to do that. For the next project (project 4), I decided to use these lanterns floating on the water and take photos of them, focusing on the reflection of the lantern on the water.

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Page 1: Hana Toronagare'  (Evaluation)

Evaluation  for  Hana  Toronagare    Title:  Hana  Toronagare    Dimensions:  14  x  12.2  x  15  cm    Media:  Wood,  LED  candle,  washi  paper,  sumi-­‐ink,  ink  palette  Date  done:  January  20,  2011    The  project  ‘Hana  Toronagare’  was  influenced  by  the  Chinese/Japanese  culture.  In  Japan,  there  is  a  festival  called  “Obon”  festival  which  takes  place  from  July  or  August  13th~16th,  depending  on  their  calendar.  The  process  is  a  way  to  guide  the  spirits  that  have  been  departed.  The  origin  of  the  festival  is  from  a  similar  festival  in  China.  They  use  firecrackers  on  the  side  of  the  road  and  the  Chinese  pass  the  boats  to  ward  off  the  evil  spirits.  “Hana  Torongare”  came  from  the  previous  project  “Through  a  Lantern”.      Same  as  “Through  a  Lantern”  I  used  washi-­‐paper,  sumi-­‐ink,  wood.  The  materials  that  I  have  added  and  used  for  “Hana  Toronagare”  are  the  new  ink  palette  that  I  bought,  and  the  LED  candles  that  were  needed  to  light  the  lantern.  For  the  wood,  it  was  different  than  the  one  that  I  had  used  for  “Through  a  Lantern”.  When  I  went  to  HOMES,  I  had  4  choices  of  wood,  different  weight,  color,  and  thickness.  I  decided  to  go  with  the  lightest  wood  and  paint  on  it  with  acrylic.  Since  I  wanted  to  give  a  traditional  color,  I  painted  the  structure  of  the  wood  with  dark  brown.  Acrylic  was  a  good  choice,  because  it  dried  up  fast  and  therefore  I  could  paste  my  screen  designs  onto  the  structure  of  the  lantern.  Before  painting  onto  the  real  paper,  I  searched  on  the  sites  for  different  types  of  flowers  and  with  those  flowers;  I  tried  painting  it  with  the  ink-­‐palette  that  I  had  bought.  The  flowers  were  hard  to  paint  with  since  the  screens  for  the  lantern  are  small,  I  had  to  paint  them  smaller  and  it  was  hard  to  try  creating  gradient  with  each  stroke.  For  brush  strokes,  to  move  freely,  its  easier  to  do  on  a  bigger  size  paper.  When  you  twist  the  brush,  the  tip  of  the  brush  flattens  and  leaves  a  thick  paint  on  the  paper.  I  also  tried  mixing  the  colors  in  two  ways.  The  first  way  is  to  use  a  color  to  paint  the  structure,  and  then  use  a  different  color  to  go  in  between  the  lines.  The  other  way  I  tried  was  to  first  dab  the  paintbrush  with  yellow,  or  one  color,  and  then  dab  the  tip  of  the  brush  onto  another  color.  Then  you  press  the  brush  down  onto  the  paper  and  the  paint  mark  that  it  leaves,  become  the  petals.      For  “Hana  Toronagare”,  I  received  ideas  from  different  people  on  the  size  of  the  lantern.  Some  people  said  if  she  were  I,  she  would  do  3  big  lanterns  whereas  other  people  said  they  would  do  small  mini  ones.  From  the  beginning,  I  was  planning  to  do  the  small  mini  lanterns  so  I  decided  to  do  that.      For  the  next  project  (project  4),  I  decided  to  use  these  lanterns  floating  on  the  water  and  take  photos  of  them,  focusing  on  the  reflection  of  the  lantern  on  the  water.