95.5cm
37½"
37½"
42cm
16½"
16½"
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 24cm x 33.3cm ≈ 9½" x 13"
Silk/Brocade: 33cm x 95.5cm ≈ 13" x 37½"
Width at Wooden Knobs: 42cm ≈ 16½"
Close up view of the calligraphy artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
This scroll features the Japanese Kanji for Karate-Do with an Enso or Zen Circle in the background.
Karate-Do is historically the easier-to-master form of Kung Fu (Wushu) that came from China and became wildly popular in Japan.
Looking at the Kanji, the first means "ether" or "empty".
The second Kanji means "hand".
The third means "way" or "method".
Hence, Karate-Do is often translated as "The Empty Hand Method".
A new batch of printed calligraphy scrolls, hanging in the studio, awaiting proper photography.
I felt like messing around with doing some giclée print calligraphy with various backgrounds. I came up with some layouts that I really like, and passed them around with my Chinese and Japanese friends who gave them rave reviews.
After giclée printing them on Japanese-made kozo paper, I sent the raw artwork off to Beijing to my workshop where they were built into wall scrolls by hand.
If you want a custom print scroll with your design, or other calligraphy, just contact me.