koby going from being absolutely terrified of Zoro because of his reputation -> being angry at the injustice he is facing and deciding to be better, trying to let him free despite still being wary of him but asking him to join Luffy so he can save both of them

is something that can be so personal tbh

Back at it again lads. this is a kozo variety that’s grown specifically for paper and it really shows djdjdjdjf everything about it was so much easier to work with than the wild mulberry

Staff Pick of the Week

For my Staff Pick, I’ve chosen to share more from what I think I would say is my favorite book in the collection, Lac des Pleurs by Gaylord Schanilec and his Midnight Paper Sales press. It’s a beautiful book, and we’ve posted about some of the wood engravings of fish and the marbled paper it’s bound in previously. However, it seemed a shame to me not to share the other engravings from the book. What I love about the book is that it feels so complete—it’s well thought-out in every aspect and you can really feel the quality of every element from the type, to the engravings, to the paper. 

The color engravings shown here are wood engravings, and the black and white engravings of fish are zinc engravings. My favorite of the wood engravings is the pelicans. The book also features a large, wood-engraved fold-out map. The wood engravings are printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper and the text on handmade Barcham Green Tovil and a mouldmade paper from the Wookey Hole Mill. The map was printed on handmade kozo paper. 

I highly recommend seeing this book in person if at all possible so that you can see the true size and colors of the prints and the marbling and feel the texture of the paper.  A lot of work went into the making of this book and it shows!

I also like the content of the book, with one of my favorite passages shown here. It reads: 

“There is a resonance in the world we can sence, I think, when we become aware of those who have come before us. But it’s more than a resonance of sound: it involves all our sences. Thoreau was approaching the end of his life as he passed through Lake Pepin, and wrote: ‘I stooped to pluck a flower & smelled the fragrance of spring stronger & nearer than ever.’ When I smell the spring fragrance and think of Thoreau on Barn Bluff, it’s not his face that comes to mind, or even his words—I smell the fragrance of spring. 

Now, when the bluffs come into view, I listen.”

-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

Some of my Chiyogami bows

Japanese Chiyogami Paper, also known as Yuzen Washi Paper, is synonymous with Japanese style and quality. Brilliant and intense color patterns with gold metallic overlays are silk-screened by hand onto high quality kozo paper. Inspired by Kimono fabric, each design is painstakingly crafted by artists across Japan. My Chiyogami bows selection contains only hand silk-screened Chiyogami Papers with pigment-based inks, providing a higher quality decorative paper with more intense and fade-resistant colors than offset printed papers. Chiyogami Paper starts as a base sheet of high content Kozo and then each color is silkscreened by hand, one layer at a time onto the paper. This step requires considerable time as each color must fully dry before the next color is applied. The final layer is usually a gold or silver metallic overlay providing shiny highlights that catch light and attention.

I like to think that Lupin Jr exists in every part but he's just off doing his own thing

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Today, we are taking a look at “On the Way to the Magnolias, 2022,” by Charlotte Schmid-Maybach (@clsmstudio). This midsize photographic piece measures 28 x 35 inches framed. Created on Kozo paper and embellished with thread 🪡 The “Altered Landscapes” by exhibition by Charlotte is on view at @themesandprojects gallery, September 10 to October 29, 2022. #️⃣ #CharlotteSchmidMaybach #ThemesAndProjects #MinnesotaStreetProject #MixedMedia #Photography #Kozo #JapanesePaper #Flower #trees #forest #fiberart #phototapestry #Sewing #MetallicThread #SanFrancisco #Art #Gallery #Dogpatch (at Themes+Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRquALvzD3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

drawing every Evangelion character in appearance order to warm up 1-4/20: Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Gendo Ikari, Kozo Fuyutsuki

Life lessons

Tanjirou’s got another one, boys

Glaucus Atlanticus or sea swallow, origami, one square sheet of paper

Kozo Miyoshi

The Demon slayer Slayers

“The reason why he didn’t carve his name into such an incredible sword... this single character! This sword was forged with nothing but single-minded determination! This sword... was forged for this sole purpose and nothing else!”