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Monday
Jul132009

Show - "Custom Kokeshi" @ Japanese American National Museum

Last weekend, a new show opened at the JANM, centered around the kokeshi, traditional wooden folk art dolls which for this show have been presented as blank canvases for over a 100 artists and illustrators from around the world to customize.

have a peek at some of the beautiful pieces from this show, below:

     Lorena Alvarez - "The forest" 

Tado - "Happy Fuzzle"    Danamarie Hosler - "Blue Bearrow"

Tara Mcpherson - "Mr. Wiggles"Kathleen Lolley - "Garden Spirit"Travis Louie - "Kokeshi Bill"Yoskay Yamamoto - "My Home"Camilla Engman - "Paper Folkore Kokeshi"Jen Lobo - "Silky Anteater"

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