Inspiration can come from anything.
I pull inspiration from objects, artworks, the environment and things I see everyday. I could be themes, or maybe colour schemes. I build and diversify my aesthetic by collecting things... some may call it hoarding... I choose to call it research.
While I'm at my day job I am surrounded by beautiful things, gorgeous handmade and decorative Japanese papers. The more I admire them, the more I notice my tastes migrating to the more unusual patterns. It's refreshing to see the way they put different colours together, combinations I would not expect or have considered myself. They encourage me to take more chances with the objects I make, the unusual is most beautiful.
Here's a few of the papers I am digging right now.... new additions to my collection:
Silkscreened Chiyogami Paper
Handmade and Hand Stenciled Katazome-Shi
Cut-out Patterns from Katazome-Shi
Silkscreened Chiyogami Papers
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