You could say “I am my mother’s daughter” in my love of folk art and ephemera… apparently! My mother’s collection through the years has inspired me to not only start my own collection, but to keep up with hers. Although not technically folk art, she had amassed a collection of vintage Japanese wrapping papers and packaging. “Vintage”, meaning, not from 1992, or (click here to see our sister shop on Esty) retro-looking replicas, but literally, “vintage”;4-5 decades old, which was stored away in the corner of her attic, waiting for her next mixed media collage.
Here are some of the many sheets I pored through, pondering if I could use them in my own artwork. For now I will just add them to my personal ephemera collection.
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