[Fan project] International Paana Uchiwa Fan Project
International Paana Uchiwa Fan Project
As most fans know, the best way to express your thoughts or feelings at a concert is through the use of an uchiwa. For those who don't know, Uchiwa's are the Japanese style Fans that are either sold at venues (with the members picture on them), or are handmade to display personal messages to the members.
When making their own uchiwa, fans often put their emotions, thoughts and feelings into each design, displaying this to the members.
examples of hand made uchiwa:
With this in mind, I thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to create an uchiwa that showcases the hearts of NEWS fans all over the world. With the help of international paanas, the uchiwa will be designed, made and then taken to a concert during the upcoming Quartetto Tour.
The design:
A standard jumbo uchiwa base has two sides, however, only one side can be shown at one time (obviously). The intended design of the uchiwa will be two sided. One side will be a message for NEWS to read from the stage. This side of the uchiwa will be designed with the help of anyone who wants to get involved. The only restriction is that the design should include the country flags of all the paanas who get involved in the project.
The other side will be covered in short hand written messages to NEWS. The hand written messages will not be shown to the members, however, will be a way to bring all your feelings along into the venue.
How it works:
So here’s where you come in. The project will be divided into three phases.
Phase 1: Information and message gathering.
END DATE: 4 March 2016 EXTENDED to 18 March 2016
We need to gather a list of countries that paanas live in, so that we know which flags to use in the main design. We also need to start gathering messages to be hand written on the back of the uchiwa.
As a comment to this Livejournal entry, please use the following form to give your name, country and short message to NEWS. Your message to NEWS should be in english/japanese and contain no more than 10 words.
participation form:
NAME:
COUNTRY:
MESSAGE:
Phase 2: Designing competition
END DATE: 18 March 2016
This is your chance to contribute to the design of the main side of the uchiwa. One winner will be decided by two judges, and that person will recieve a group shop photo set fromt he upcoming tour goods.
For the uchiwa design guidelines and competition details please go here.
Phase 3: Uchiwa completed and taken to a concert
CONCERT DATE: TBA
After the design is decided on, I will make the uchiwa based off the given designs (the example uchiwa above, are examples of my own uchiwa designs). Once it is completed, the uchiwa will be taken along to a concert in the upcoming tour in hopes that the boys will see it.
After the concert, photos and a short report will be posted.