Edo Oshi-e, or Edo Oshi-e Embossed Fabric Pictures, are a traditional craft produced around Nihombashi and Asakusa, Tokyo from the late Edo period (1603 - 1867). Today, they are also …

Oct 15, 2023 · Gives instructions for this craft as it is being revived in Japan.

While living in Hawaii with her second husband, she began to assemble her teachings into booklets, and started using the name Contemporary Oshi-e, to distinguish this easy-to-learn …

Jul 19, 2022 · She lived in Japan for a few years like I did, and that’s where she learned an ancient Japanese art form called “Oshi-e” which she’s been practicing for 50 years now! If …

Oshi-e 押絵 or 押し絵 (literally pressed pictures), sometimes called kurumi-e 包絵 包み絵 くるみ絵 (literally wrapped pictures), are images made from fabric filled out usually with cotton and …

What is Oshi-e? Simply, all oshi-e is made from a design cut from mat board, backing board or cardboard. Individual pieces are then padded with quilt batting, wrapped with fabric, and re …

After the 17th century, a tradition began of presenting Hagoita paddles to girls on their birthdays and the Oshi-e (padded collage) technique developed for making three-dimensional designs …

Here, the ideas behind the clothing, decoration and customs of kabuki intermingled with the world of Japanese drawing and painting, developing to make the Edo Oshi-e of today possible. Oshi …

Although oshi-e (literally ‘pressed picture’ and referring to the raised or padded cloth pictures made as a traditional form of Japanese handicraft since the Edo Period), like clay figures, can …

Translating an image into fabric and found materials is part of the excitement of creating Contemporary Oshi-e. Wendy is still exploring the possibilities this art form offers, even after …