Hari-e A traditonal japanese craft of tearing, coloring
and gluing paper to make a picture.
by Yukiko Fukuhara
of Osaka, Japan.
Hari-e has been practiced for hundreds
of years in Japan but is gaining popularity all over the
world. The process is very simple but beautiful. The torn
edges of the paper make for soft but defined edges.
To make a simple picture,
you will need the following supplies:
Yasutomo
Kozo paper HP544
Niji
Nori Paste
Shikishi board, white museum or mat board.
Watercolors or acrylics
Niji Waterbrush
Lightly draw outlines of the shapes
such as leaves and flower petals onto the Kozo paper or you
can trace over an existing image because the paper is transparent.
Dampen the outside of the pencil lines
with the small Water brush or use a fine brush with water.
Tear along the dampened edges. The
paper will tear very easily along the wet edge of your
shapes. Make all the shapes this way.
Stain the torn pieces with watercolors
or thinned acrylic paint. Dampen the piece first, then drop
the color on the paper with the brush.
Let dry completely.
The stems at top are rolled tightly, then stained.
Glue the pieces down onto the board
with the Nori paste. Paste the back side of the piece
first then gently apply to the board surface.
Glue the smaller pieces down with
the help of tweezers if necessary.
by Karen Elaine Thomas
The
picture to the left was the first attempt at this craft by
the author. Fine details were painted on the leaf stems after
the paste dried and the yellow stamen area was intensified
by going over with a dot of color.
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