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Calligraphy,
ei-shodou, shodo,
paper & boxes
In
1990, Ranna® invented a method of writing English
in Japanese calligraphic method. A unique visual invention,
Ranna's ei-shodou (ei-shodo) or alphabet calligraphy work brings
together shuji and shodou (Japanese calligraphy), the Roman
alphabet, English language, crushed paper, and translucent treatments
full of prismatic light. |
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EXHIBITION
VIEW: Essence of Memory: Unspoken Territory and the Kami
Way, Ranna®, Pinnacles Gallery, Australia, 1998.
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Sabetsu,
Ranna ®, mixed media and crushed paper on dessin canson,
ei-shodou (ei-shodo) art, 60"x30", 1997/98. |
In 1990, as a result of studies in Japanese ink painting (sumi-e)
and Japanese calligraphy (a.k.a. shuji or shodou
/ shodo) during three years' residence in Tokyo, Ranna devised
a method of using Japanese calligraphic techniques to write
English script like Oriental art calligraphy.
Originally
inscribed on her sumi-e works, this innovation has evolved into
a highly sophisticated visual form. Ranna sometimes relies exclusively
on the calligraphy as her image, and at other times she combines
calligraphic inscriptions and sculptural echoes of these in
crushed paper, treated with luminous media.
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Self Surrender,
Ranna ®, gold effect, ink, on crystal organza, ei-shodou
(ei-shodo) art, 100cm x 70cm, 1997/98. 6 pieces available.
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Ranna
has termed her method ei-shodou (ei-shodo) art, and more
recently roma-dou. The terms ei-shodou and roma-dou
are in fact a description of her method and a pun. Ei is
the Japanese prefix meaning both English and excellent. Roma
is the Japanese prefix for the English alphabet. Shodou
is a Japanese word for calligraphy. Blending these, the artist
is telling us that she has by-passed the less accessible terrain
of traditional Japanese scripts by incorporating English (and
on occasion, other European languages) into her work.
CLICK
ON IMAGE BELOW FOR EI-SHODOU BOX PIECES CREATED AFTER
RELOCATION TO THE UNITED STATES (in Feb 1998).
Ou-kami Yume (III) (Wolf Dreaming III), Ranna ®, mixed
media on box, ei-shodou (ei-shodo) art, 60"x48"x6" variable,
1998.
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