Custom Clam Shell

I had to leave today before I finishing this clam shell box for a very fragile Chinese scroll. I have a good feeling I'll be pleased with the results.

Thai Manuscripts with Paintings

The reason I took this photograph may not be the first thing you notice about the image. Check out the little penciled bird walking down the border of the painting.

Milestone

Today we moved all the drawer trays we have completed so far into the cabinet where they will be permanently housed. We were able to fit all of the Tibetan objects into one drawer, and lucky for us, there was one drawer left in the cabinet where the rest of the Tibetan objects are housed. The top drawer now has some Indian and Thai objects and one Japanese object. This drawer is followed by 7 drawers of Japanese scrolls. Below the scrolls are the remaining Japanese objects, which we were able to confine to one drawer also. The 3 remaining drawers will house the Chinese objects. Now we are ready to concentrate on organizing the rubbings which we hope to contain to Cabinet H.

More Rubbings

Challenges in the Tibetan Drawer

First clam shell box with loose sides. It was a lot easier to construct than I had thought.

Rubbings!

The time has come to address the issue of the over 100 rubbings in the drawers that will have to be re-rolled onto new supporting tubes.

Tiny Tibetan Scrolls

These were housed in individual plastic boxes which were too big and the scrolls tended to roll around a lot within them. They're such a lovely set, I decided to make a box that would keep them together and show them off a bit. I went a little overboard.




This looked good, but I was reminded that it's best to have a layer of Volara between the objects and whatever paperboard you are using, so...

There we have it.

No Touch-y

Just look.

Ooh la la

? An example of less is more? The pared down Asian aesthetic we all admire?

Miniature Chinese Silk Paintings

Impressively detailed paintings of Chinese royalty. They are about 3" tall. Notice the abnormally small feet on the women. Also note the 3-D effects the artist achieved.

Pith Papers

These images of Chinese royalty were handpainted and embroidered on silk. They each have a pith paper primary support and wove paper backing and are sandwiched between plates of glass and sealed along the edges with black tape. Each image was placed in its own sink mat folder. The set was divided between two corrugated board boxes because of the weight. Here are some close-ups:

A Puzzling Piece

There are many small pieces of paper pasted together to form this piece.

There is writing on both sides...

but neither side is visible from the front. The writing on both sides is backwards. The front sides are glued together.


It's definitely Japanese because there are smaller katakana symbols written in the margins beside the kanji.


We decided to leave it folded as it was. The material was pretty sturdy, but without treatment rolling it could cause some damage at some of the heavier creases.