I was inspired reading about the real story of kokeshi dolls, that some suspect that means
“Lost children”, in memory of those children who got lost on the mountains…
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For this project I wanted to create my own kokeshi-sosaku ( where an artisan have freedom about shape colors, and design), so I mixed some tribal and minimalistic style for the face paint.
The simetry of Kokeshi is one of the thing I love here, they can be made from basic shapes which is something I really find useful and effective for this kind of toys.
I made these for some artprints for myself.
Some applications for the artprints
