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FINE and GRAPHIC ART

T A T E B A N K O !

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 I'm offering my uniquely multi-layered, hand-cut illustration before the holidays---it's available with quick shipping for $135.oo  framed in a 1.5 inch deep, 11" x 15"  barn board shadow box for either wall or table display. 
If you're not in a rush, I CAN INSTALL ANY COLOR OF HORSE or  SHORT PIECE OF TEXT you prefer instead of my example, so contact me about customization! 
I'll be happily making TATEBANKOS over the winter with different scene layers. 
Popular in the 17th century, TATEBANKO is Japanese paper diorama. It's considered a BOOKART and is also known as a tunnel book or paper theater. Enjoy some behind-the-scenes examples of my complex process.

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"Tunneling" starts off messy. It requires multiple images, each produced separately as a prototype and designed to both partially overlap another layer and also appear behind one. These are great fun and absorbing, like making up a world.  There are watercolor paintings showing perspective, but then there's an actual foreground, one or more middle grounds and a background. This artform requires many skill sets like fabrication, lettering and using tiny cutting tools. My background as a bookbinder and model builder comes in handy here!
My home page shows a video depicting a right-to-left camera pan showcasing some of the visual drama in peeking THROUGH the layers. Below is a vertical pan:

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