Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink painting styles. When grouped together with the inkstone, inkstick, and xuan ...
We want to hear about what you collect and why. Email Cindy Hval at [email protected] or call Kimberly Lusk at (509) 459-5457. Retired Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During ...
Calligraphy, once considered the highest form of writing, faces new questions in an age of screens and sensors. Is this ancient art still tethered to brush and ink? The resounding response: not at all ...
The current popularity of the tools prompted one writer to learn more about how they’re assembled. Chiyomi Tanaka is one of seven remaining shokunin crafting Nara fude, brushes with over 1,300 years ...
The Dokuritsu Shojindan Foundation is holding its annual sho (Japanese calligraphy) exhibition, the 70th Dokuritsu Sho Exhibition, in the National Art Center, Tokyo in Minato Ward this month to ...
Karolina Pawlik received research funding from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University for her project "Soft Brush, Creativity and Cross-Cultural Communication" (2023-2025). Many of us would struggle to ...
In the heart of two ancient civilizations — one sprawling across East Asia, the other rooted in the Middle East — there exists a sacred tradition of writing that transcends mere communication. For the ...