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CHIGIRI-E PET PORTRAIT WORKSHOP December 14th, 2024. 10am- 1pm Registration Fee: $70 per person. Includes all materials. Just in time for the holidays! Create a beautifully unique and heart-warming memento for yourself or someone you love. Students will need to email a color photo of their special animal friend to our instructor Patty ([email protected]) no later than December 10th so that she may prepare all of the colored papers that you will need to complete your piece. Please note: This class takes place on the second floor of our facilities and can only be accessed by stairs at this time. Please notify us if you have mobility issues and we can make accommodations. Classes are located at 37114 N thrill Hill Rd Eustis Florida 32736. Look for the dojo sign and follow the driveway to the top. Please park in the grassy area in front of the Block building. Children 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. |
About Your Instructor: Ery Yoshida
Yoshida sensei, known as Patty to all her friends, is an artist and art instructor based in the City of Mount Dora where she shares her Japanese inspired art through workshops designed for students interested in learning about Japanese Arts and Crafts.
Born in Peru, where her grand parents migrated from Japan early in the 20th century, Ery showed an interest in drawing and painting from an early age and was particularly inspired by the art of Japan. Encouraged by her parents, she practiced with all kinds of media and as a young child she would eagerly and anxiously await the craft magazines which would arrive from Japan.
After graduating from San Marcos Medical School in Lima, Peru she moved to the United States and in 2001, found herself in Mt Dora where she now lives with her husband. Art came alive again for her when she found the opportunity to cultivate her creativity and passion for all kinds of art under the guidance and tutelage of Fine Artist Lucina Roark. Today, Ery is an active practitioner at Hummingbird Studio, Mount Dora, a place where art and design meet. There, she offers instruction in Chigiri-e, Silk Painting, Cotton Shibori Dyeing, Temari Making, and displays many examples of her work in mixed media, fabric, fibers and resin.
Yoshida sensei, known as Patty to all her friends, is an artist and art instructor based in the City of Mount Dora where she shares her Japanese inspired art through workshops designed for students interested in learning about Japanese Arts and Crafts.
Born in Peru, where her grand parents migrated from Japan early in the 20th century, Ery showed an interest in drawing and painting from an early age and was particularly inspired by the art of Japan. Encouraged by her parents, she practiced with all kinds of media and as a young child she would eagerly and anxiously await the craft magazines which would arrive from Japan.
After graduating from San Marcos Medical School in Lima, Peru she moved to the United States and in 2001, found herself in Mt Dora where she now lives with her husband. Art came alive again for her when she found the opportunity to cultivate her creativity and passion for all kinds of art under the guidance and tutelage of Fine Artist Lucina Roark. Today, Ery is an active practitioner at Hummingbird Studio, Mount Dora, a place where art and design meet. There, she offers instruction in Chigiri-e, Silk Painting, Cotton Shibori Dyeing, Temari Making, and displays many examples of her work in mixed media, fabric, fibers and resin.
Chigiri-e (ちぎり絵) is a Japanese art form in which the primary technique uses colored paper that is torn to create images, and may resemble a watercolor painting. The technique dates from the Heian period of Japanese history when it was often used in conjunction with calligraphy. Handmade paper is essential for the creation of chigiri-e images.
In Japan's Heian period chigiri-e was used in conjunction with calligraphy. Poems were written on a background of either plain or decorated colored paper, such as in the textural passages of the Genji scrolls. In the 11th century calligraphy paper was usually white or light blue. It could be decorated and colored and then mounted onto a support.
Chigiri-e has become a popular art form. It can be used to create either realistic images or abstract ones. Its use in Japan is often decorative, using flowers and landscapes as subject matter. The paper may be colored by the craftsman paper-maker but many chigiri-e artists color the paper themselves, using vegetable dyes, colored inks or powder pigments. The paper most often used is Tengujoshi: a handmade, long-fibered, very light weight paper.
In Japan's Heian period chigiri-e was used in conjunction with calligraphy. Poems were written on a background of either plain or decorated colored paper, such as in the textural passages of the Genji scrolls. In the 11th century calligraphy paper was usually white or light blue. It could be decorated and colored and then mounted onto a support.
Chigiri-e has become a popular art form. It can be used to create either realistic images or abstract ones. Its use in Japan is often decorative, using flowers and landscapes as subject matter. The paper may be colored by the craftsman paper-maker but many chigiri-e artists color the paper themselves, using vegetable dyes, colored inks or powder pigments. The paper most often used is Tengujoshi: a handmade, long-fibered, very light weight paper.
