KYOTO FLORENTIS 2025

Being empty or full?
My current project involves creating an artwork that emphasizes the relationship between nature and decorative  fabrics elements, dreams and reality, and the Japanese concepts of fullness and emptiness.
The relationship between the Maiko San photography and the different layers in my paintings is very significant to this project. The purposeful placement of the decorations seeks to convey balance and harmony in line with my individual artistic vision.

From an aesthetic point of view, ma corresponds to the sensibility for the beauty of empty spaces and surfaces (yohaku no bi), which is of great importance in various Japanese art genres. Zen masters refer to it as “painting by not painting”, meaning the balance of form and emptiness that characterizes  many masterpieces of Japanese art. 

I choose to print My new project 2025 with hand made paper Khadi from south India.

KHADI RAG PAPERS are made in Karnataka, South India at our paper mill, KHADI PAPERS INDIA.

They are made from 100% cotton rag. Cotton rags have longer fibres than linters which are the short fluffy fibres of the cotton seed often used in papermaking. Genuine rag papers are rare and it is the fibre length of this raw material that gives Khadi rag papers their exceptional strength and durability. The cotton rag we use comes from T-shirt cuttings, a reliable source of pure woven cotton.