kumo temari: introducing artwork from kumo temari

Sunday, January 20, 2013

introducing artwork from kumo temari

Because of various commitments, I won't be adding new temari to the Etsy shop until spring (March or April). However, I am currently offering for sale original artwork — small (very small) mixed-media paintings and drawings; these, too, benefit Kiva.org. $25 from the sale of each artwork will be loaned through Kiva. My paintings and drawings are a mix of watercolor, watercolor pencil, gouache, oil pencil, pen & ink . . . and coffee. Hope you'll check them out, and thank you for your support!

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do you sell temari?

I sell select temari in my shop on Etsy.com — KumoTemari.etsy.com. Temari are added to the shop as as I finish them, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time, on average once a week. To learn how to find out when new temari are added to the shop, please see the FAQ section of my shop policy page, "How to Find Out When Temari are in the Shop." The FAQ page includes instructions for joining my mailing list.

All sales loan funds to low-income entrepreneurs around the world through the micro-financing site Kiva.org.

temari diagram

The temari is traditionally referred to in terms relating to the globe. Thus, the top and bottom are poles (north and south), and the horizontal circumference around the center is the equator (marked in red; it's called the obi, which is the sash around a kimono). The vertical gray lines represent the division lines that are marked with thread on the temari before stitching. This is a "simple 8" division (S8), resulting in eight equal "wedges," as if slicing an apple from top to bottom (wedges is not an official term, but it gets the idea across). Divisions include simple (S) and combination (C) — S4, S6, S8, S10, S12, and S16; C6, C8, and C10.