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Furo Agari, by Paul Binnie
copyright Paul Binnie

December 2006: Paul Binnie announced a new bijin print - Furo Agari - "After the Bath".

The following text in apostrophes was taken from Paul Binnie's announcement.

Furo Agari

"My newest bijin-ga print, the second in my current series, has just been completed and is available just in time for Christmas. Furo Agari, or After the Bath, shows a young woman in a boldly checked blue yukata (cotton kimono) sitting on the tatami mats near a paper-screened window, and is from the Tou Nishiki Bijin Awase (Collection of Eastern Brocade Beauties) set. The background of this design is printed in goma-zuri technique (literally "sesame printing") to give a soft and broken effect, acting as a quiet foil to the saturated colour of the yukata, and the obi or sash is printed in the same way. There is also mica and 22-carat gold leaf on the obi, and, as in the first design from the series, my surname is blind-printed in the bottom margin. I have again used Iwano Ichibei VII paper, and the edition number is 100 as before. The price will be the same as Cho Musubi (Butterfly Bow), the first Tou Nishiki design, and many of you will know that I had a great success with that piece in the annual CWAJ exhibition in Tokyo in October, so I hope Furo Agari will attract the same attention. Like that design, and in fact all the prints from this series, certain elements of the design escape into the borders, such as the fingertips and her little mauve tabi, or bifurcated socks."

"You may also already know that my two flower prints, Asa no Ran (Orchids - Morning) and Yoru no Ran (Orchids - Night) are also selling well, after a very positive response to their completion in November. These are available in limited editions of 50 and 100 respectively, and were inspired by the wonderful kacho-ga on Matsu Gallery, who asked me to undertake these pieces for their new website. Prices for these narrow format prints are very reasonable, making them perfect gifts."

"Finally, the pre-release price for my upcoming 100th print Cloud Shadows, Grand Canyon will close at the end of December, so if anyone still wishes to take advantage of this offer, please let me know as soon as possible. I have pre-sold many numbers to collectors, dealers and friends, but there are still some lower numbers left, for those who might like one."

"As this will be my last print launch in 2006, I'd like to wish you all a very happy holiday season,
Best wishes"

Paul Binnie
December 2006

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