I mentioned in my previous blog that I'm going to unbox the items that I found in japan surplus.

The story is that I didn't put any effort into finding these items, simply because people who were rummaging through Japan's surplus didn't have any use for such items, they just placed them on the table, Luckily, I checked the empty ceramic area once more to see if there's some left for me to buy, but I found these babies instead,

It was a peso sale so I only bought these sweet babies at such price mehuehuehueh 😚 happy me ~

Quality calligraphy papers were inside the bag, if you buy them online they'd be priced for 2-3 dollars, and to think I got em' for free ~

Paperweight and Ink sticks are also inside, I have been to Japan Surplus a lot of times before and I just ignored all ink sticks that I found in the sides, including bamboo brushes, but that was when I didn't like calligraphy back then, now that I have come to appreciate it, I regret not buying them all! but next time it'll be my priority.

I started appreciating calligraphy when I saw how inksticks are made ( click here ) It takes so much time and effort for it to be made yet I just see it in japan surplus in an unappreciated area, that's when I thought that I'm going to collect all of them since others don't see it's true value.

and here's the most common unappreciated item of all, ink stones, They are dumped anywhere but every time I found one I'd buy it, as long as it's priced lower 😆 I know, I'm stingy ahahaha, to be honest, I'm fed up with collecting them but I still feel like I have some use of it someday, like making it as a weapon because they are heavy hahaha jk! but you know I'm hoping to get an Inkstone that's shaped in spiral with designs because they are very valuable and expensive ~

I've also watched Barakamon an anime about calligraphy, suggested by @jijisaurart, I love it so much that I watched it in one sitting, Naru (the kid who slapped the guy) is my favorite because she's so cute, but the character I relate to the most was handa-sensei (the guy that got slapped) lost his confidence after a director commented how common his calligraphy style are and they needed to mature, which led him to questions all his masterpiece and I thought of myself who also do the same when producing an artwork, anyways! After watching the movie and having inspiration by it,

I also started to make use of my calligraphy collections, and I also wore my hakama to add feeling to it ~ 😌 Seriously though I just love copying what I see in anime ~ hahaha!

TRYING OUT KANA JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY STYLE

Other than shodō ( jap. traditional calligraphy) I also encountered the kana calligraphy style, a cursive way of writing Japanese characters, and the one above is what I practiced, copying this one It's not correct but I plan on learning more of it

I'm going to frame my first calligraphy art that I find beautiful and satisfying to look at, once I find myself a name stamp ~

Doing Japanese calligraphy is so fun that I ended up using half of the calligraphy papers I have, I don't know why but I started to get addicted to it.

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