Moon Over Dark Waters

The artist, Barbara Harmer, lived in Japan for 7 years. During that time, she studied the art form called "Chigirie" (Chee-gee-ree-ay)  This art form consists of tearing and cutting  handmade Japanese paper  into pieces to form a picture onto artist’s canvas.   Her paper is handmade and imported from Japan, and comes in many different weights, colors, and textures. Some  paper has visible fibers that run throughout  it, and some have holes forced through it during the pulp making process.  This gives the appearance of lace, and is called "raindrop paper". Some...