AKJapan

ETSY is a 'place' to buy handmade items on the internet. There are thousands of sellers who make their own arts and crafts and sell them through ETSY.

I sell my own paintings and prints. Most of my paintings are small landscapes and still lifes in watercolours and oils. I like monoprints and make a lot using leaves, different kinds of Japanese papers and watercolour and ink.

I live near two towns in Saitama Prefecture that are well known for their handmade papers and fabrics. Ogawamachi is a small town that has been making kosowashi for hundreds of years. It is also the location of the Saitama Craft Centre where there is a permanent display of local handmade products as well as a paper-making workshop. The city of Chichibu in far western Saitama is famous for its production of woven indigo cotton and silk. You can find paper from Ogawamachi and cottons from Chichibu in my shop.

I sell beautiful origami squares in different sizes; 4 inches and 6 inches in stock, and larger sizes available on request. I also have a small selection of yuzen chiyogami papers. Please take a look!

I also sell original art cards. Art cards are collectables that have a standard format of 2.5 x 2.5 inches. I use locally made heavyweight kosowashi paper as the base and other Japanese papers and collage items for the designs.