Comments | kisarazumama: Kimekomi doll class

kisarazumama

Kimekomi doll class

Jun 09, 2007 22:19

Today was the second week of my beginner class in Japanese kimekomi doll making. I saw these at this year's Sakura Matsuri (part of the annual Washington Cherry Blossom Festival) and when I saw that the dollmaker, Akiko Keene, offered classes locally, I pounced. (You can see lots of gorgeous photos and read Akiko-sensei's impressive resume at her ( Read more... )

samurai champloo, kimekomi, doll making, arts and crafts

Comments 7

thenakedcat June 10 2007, 03:23:28 UTC

THIS POST IS AWESOME FROM BEGINNING TO END!

kisarazumama June 10 2007, 06:22:51 UTC

=) I recall mentioning some while ago to you that I was thinking of taking this class, so I knew you'd be glad to hear I'd followed through.

...Come to think of it, I haven't yet checked the episode to see if by any chance the bag J&M get their cake in is yellow. if it is, I'm so gonna laugh.

thenakedcat June 10 2007, 06:28:08 UTC

If memory serves (and lord knows it doesn't on a regular basis), I don't think it came in a bag, they're just holding it and munching.

gallo_de_pelea June 10 2007, 03:33:03 UTC

OMG OMG CASTELLA BAG :D
And the Italian market near our house has just started selling castella :D :D

Those dolls sound like a lot of fun. The kitty is so cute! Looks kind of like Bumpus when he cuddles up to me.

kisarazumama June 10 2007, 05:16:28 UTC

--oo, if you get some castella let us know what it's like. From the recipes I've seen it seems to be very sweet and rich.

I knew everyone would love the bag =)=)=)

laurabryannan June 10 2007, 04:04:49 UTC

The kitty is so cute! Is it stone, ceramic? I can't tell....

I hope you post a pic of your work when you finish. It looks like lots of fun.

*ish so jealous about the castella bag*

kisarazumama June 10 2007, 05:13:56 UTC

The cat is a hollow form made from paulownia wood (specifically, a mixture of paulownia wood dust and some kind of resin, which they press into molds to make the doll bodies). Being small it's very light, but the bigger dolls even though hollow are quite heavy. The tallest human Kimekomi figures stand about 18"- 24" tall, at least the ones I've seen so far.