Temari Illustrations and Photos contents

Albums, Illustrations and Photos Contents of TemariKai.com
please note - the pages in this section are, of course, heavy in graphics content and may take a few moments to download - please be patient with them, especially on dialup connections.

Community Albums: These "Community/Shared Albums" pages are composed of submitted photos from web readers. They may be of temari using specified types of threads, various different techniques, or tell a distinctive story in some way. If you have photos you would like to have considered to be added to these pages - please drop me a note.

Bin Temari - done by Amy M.
Bin Temari - by Anne W.
"Bits" or "Rag" Temari - using all of the little thread trims you save to make colorful temari (read more)
Black and White - inspiration photos using this traditional Japanese color theme
Color on Color - inspiration photos on how using all one color (mari and stitching) can create impressive results
Creative Fibers - using "out of the ordinary" fibers in wrapping or stitching temari
Displaying Temari - ideas of how to show off your stash..
Free Embroidery - using free-style embroidery on temari
First Temari - you really can - and you really do get better!
Indigo and White - a most traditional color and combination in Japanese life
Overdyed Silk - inspiration photos using overdyed silk fibers from Vikki Clayton
Sarah's Book - showing results from folks that supported the Sarah's Book Project
Teenie Photos - from TT Spring 2001 GITS and web readers
Variegated Threads - inspiration photos on how these multi-color threads work up in Temari
Watch a Temari Be Made - photo essay of a Temari being made from start to finish

Blair's Japan Trip - Fullbright Scholarship, Japanese Culture Immersion October 2003 (read a followup article on Blair from the Mobile Register)
Glenna shares her visit with Hiskao - narration and photos
Glenna's Globe - follow the project of how a temari was created as a globe model of the earth
Sandy S . Library Exhibit - local library exhibit - see what is used and how you can offer something like this to your community also
Olympus Threads - Olympus is the premier manufacturere of embroidery threads in Japan and is introducing them to the American/Western market via EmmaCreation
Blair's Japan Trip, Ichihara Sister City Exchange/Mobile & Baldwin Counties, Alabama July 2006

Meet Hairy - TemariKai's Mascot; last updated 11/12/06

Ginny's Albums: The following links are to web gallery albums or photo pages of my personal work. In albums, your browser will open into a private photo album that will show thumbnails, and you can click on any image for a larger version. Use the forward or back buttons to move through the images. If you'd like a temari of your own, visit the Shop section for details. Most of these temari are able to be ordered on commission.(This section of albums was rebuilt June 2005. Please note that the Temari are illustrated based on year of creating - Photography was done at a later time so photo dates and data are not indicative of creation date):

Album Early - Work from my first years in temari, 2000 and before. These photos are from pre-digital camera times & image quality is less than great.
Album 2001 - improving skills and improving photography (and cameras!) from this album and onward
Album 2002
Album 2003
Album 2004
Album 2005
Album 2006
Album 2007
Album 2008

Original Composition Temari: As skills grow you begin to dabble on your own in addition to working from published design instructions. It's not about fantastic artistic expression, it's just about creating your own combinations of stitches, techniques and colors. This album is to encourage you to dive in and try it - it's not about creating some mind-blowing design, just taking what you are learning and doing your own thing. The year on the photo indicates when mine "did their own thing", and range from the very simple to designs that were submitted for the JTA Shihan exam in 2007.

Older Albums - something a little different; technique, style or threads and fibers

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