Kanzashi Merch
Description: Kanzashi(かんざし) is the elegant Japanese hairpin/hairclip with a rich traditional heritage, adorned with small ornaments. Originally used for styling hair in traditional kimono attire, it has now found popularity among young girls as a fashionable hair accessory to make an accent for modern hairstyles.
Description: Bio: Luke Gray is a surrealist/symbolist illustrator and painter. Born color blind he was forced to use an almost exclusively black and white colour palette, working with patterns and textures rather than color. Influenced by multicultural art techniques he works in traditional mediums of Graphite and Ink often combining and integrating techniques and patterns from different countries and cultures into his work.
Description: Some dogs fetch sticks. Some dogs wear an immaculate floral kimono, accessorise with kanzashi, and look like they have reservations somewhere you absolutely cannot afford. This ridiculously elegant poodle brings maximum fluff, maximum ceremony, and the quiet confidence of someone who knows the entire room is looking at them. Cool fact: In Kyoto, maiko are apprentice geiko, and their elaborate kanzashi hair ornaments traditionally change with the seasons.
Description: Bio: Luke Gray is a surrealist/symbolist illustrator and painter. Born color blind he was forced to use an almost exclusively black and white colour palette, working with patterns and textures rather than color. Influenced by multicultural art techniques he works in traditional mediums of Graphite and Ink often combining and integrating techniques and patterns from different countries and cultures into his work.
