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Alun Kirby

Can anyone tell me anything about this doll?

I guess she is a kokeshi, but I've never seen one like her before.

I fell for her as soon as we met, and now she lives next to these Tomoko-Fuse designed origami.

She has a silver bow in her hair, tiny red nose and mouth, and strange, insectile patterns on her dress.

Currently, I don't know her name.

A Japanese wooden doll stands just off centre. It is tall, thin, graceful, quiet. Behind it stand two origami forms of repeating gepmetric shapes. The origami to the right is a blue vase, to the left is a white... spiral stalagmite. Another origami skulks in the foreground shadows
The head of the kokeshi doll, close-up. Dark, sultry eyes, high brows, and the tiniest red nose and mouth. Her dark hair is just visible on top, sweeping right to left
The underside of the kokeshi doll. Some handwritten script is present on the round base. It is likely Japanese, but it could as well be Martian for all I can understand it
The side of the doll showing the patterns that embellish the 'clothing'. They include (from top down) black and teal green-blue strips, then pale seaglass green stripes, followed by a large area with a few flowery, insectile (I see antennae in them) patterns within a darker background. The bottom is more black and green stripes. The white and deep matte blue origami forms are seen behind
#kokeshi#WoodenDoll#Japanese
Aug 25, 2023, 10:03 AM·Public·Web
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