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Interesting Links I Have Found

I spend a lot of time looking for information on things that interest me so I thought I might as well share those links that relate to papercrafts and the cultures and other subjects on my website. The list is getting quite long and I have made some attempt here to organize related links. If you are using Internet Explorer you can click on Edit on the top line, then 'Find (on this page)' and fill in a keyword or phrase if you are looking for something in particular. Please contact me about any non-working links so I can either fix or delete them. Enjoy.

Table of contents:


VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

WORLD CULTURES

ASIAN ARTS AND CULTURES

JAPANESE ARTS AND CULTURE

CHINESE ART AND CULTURE

EUROPEAN ARTS AND CULTURES

CELTIC ART AND CULTURE

EASTERN EUROPEAN ART AND CULTURE

NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE

NATURE

INSECTS

FLORAL

GENERAL ARTS AND CRAFTS

PAPER ARTS

E-ZINES AND NEWSLETTERS

GALLERIES

FONTS

TIPS, TECHNIQUES, TUTORIALS AND RELATED GALLERIES

POLYMER CLAYS

QUILT DESIGNS




VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

Art Neko Troop Support Project - Project to send cards and bookmarks to wounded troops at Landstuhl Army Medical Center in Germany and to the staff and volunteers who serve them.

Keiki's Cards - Keiki Cards' mission is to send out handmade greeting cards to children who have life threatening illnesses.

WORLD CULTURES

The Costumer's Manifesto

Runes, Alphabet of Mystery

Earth Calendar - Special Days around the world. Search by date, religion, country, etc.

Aztec Calendar

ASIAN ARTS AND CULTURES:

♦ Lunar New Year:

Rubber Stamps for Chinese New Year - Rubber stamps of Chinese Zodiac Animals and other Chinese New Year images.

Chiff.com

Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year and Chinese Calendar

Chinese New Year

Lunar New Year

Vietnamese Style

Chinese New Year in Hong Kong

Chinese New Year

♦ Chinese Zodiac:

Where does the Yin Yang Symbol come from?

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Lunar New Year in Taiwan

Celebration of the Chinese New Year

China Online New Year Index

JAPANESE ARTS AND CULTURE:

♦ Family Crests/Kamon:

Rubber Stamps of or with Japanese Family Crests - Rubber stamps of Japanese family crest images or images with Japanese family crests for use on handmade cards and stationery, polymer clay and jeweler's clay, and other crafting projects.

Crests

Hidaka Family Emblems

Japanese Family Crests - Introduction

Japanese-American Genealogy Home Page

KAMON "Japanese Family Crest

Samurai Family Crests

♦ Wood Block Prints and Paintings:

Rubber Stamps or Collage Sheets of or inspired by - Rubber stamps of images from woodblock prints and miniaturized woodblock prints or sections of prints for use on handmade greeting cards, ATC's, domino art, etc.

History of Ukiyo-e

How Woodblock Prints are Made

Tokugawa Gallery of Prints - Gallery of Prints for Viewing and Gallery of Prints for Sale arranged by Artist

♦ Miscellaneous Japanese Arts:

Glossary of Japanese Arts Terms

Van Gogh and Japonisme

♦ Japanese Gardens:

Japanese Garden Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamps and printed papers of Japanese Garden Scenes and elements for use in making cards and stationery and other papercraft projects.

Portland Japanese Garden - My hometown Japanese Garden

♦ Japanese Holidays and Festivals:

Asian Holiday Themed Rubber Art Stamps and Printed - Unmounted stamps and printed papers with Asian holiday themes.

Emperor and Empress Dolls Rubber Stamp - Rubber stamp for sale on Art Neko appropriate for Girl's Day celebration.

Daruma Rubber Stamp - Rubber stamp of two Daruma appropriate for New Years celebration.

Koi No Bori Boy's Day Flying Carp Rubber Stamp - Rubber stamp of Koi No Bori, the flying carp displayed by family's for the annual Boy's Day (now Children's Day) celebration.

Kabuto - Samurai Helmet Rubber Stamp - Rubber stamp of a Japanese Samurai Helmet, a typical decoration for Boy's Day celebrations.

Boys Day: Strength, Determination and Success

Kodomo-no-hi (Children's Day) - May 5

Tanabata Weaver Star Festival

♦ Origami:

Origami Rubber Stamps - Rubber stamps of paper cranes and folder paper notes.

Geoline's Origami Gallery - Instructions for Origami Dolls and Accessories

Origami Envelope by Donovan

Origami Kimono

Origami Kimono - How to make a beautiful Japanese kimono card with origami folding.

How to make an Origami Crane

Origami Club - Explore this Japanese website clicking here and there to find printable origami papers, patterns to view or print and animated instructions.

♦ Mizuhiki:

Mizuhiki Dragonfly Rubber Stamp - Rubber stamp of a dragonfly mizuhiki knot available.

Carnation (Made of mizuhiki)

Happy occasion cards with Mizuhiki

Mizuhiki Pages from a BLOG

Ritual Wrapping

The Story of Mizuhiki

♦ Handmade Papers:

♦ Temari Balls:

Temari Balls Rubber Stamp - Rubber Stamp including Temari.

Temari - Kiku Designs - Background, symbolism, gallery, pattern and books on this craft.

♦ Haiku and Other Japanese Poetry:

Haiku Rubber Stamps - Rubber stamps of haiku and other poetry available on Art Neko.

Japanese Haiku A Topical Dictionary

The Five Hundred Essential Japanese Season Words

HAIKU for PEOPLE

In the Moonlight?.

Simply Tom Haiku Definitions

The Traditional Seasons of Japanese Poetry

Japanese Traditional Haiku Season Words

100 Poems by 100 Poets

Haiku Theory and Poems

History of Haiku

Haiku Hut

♦ Performance Arts:

A Catechism on Japanese Noh Drama

Nagauta - Long Song - Read about and listen to recordings from Japanese plays

♦ Kimono and Other Japanese Clothing:

Kimono Rubber Stamps and Papers - Rubber stamps including kimono clad women and woodblock print reproductions for use in paper arts.

The Kimono and other Japanese clothing

The Costumer's Manifesto

♦ Japanese Fans:

Asian Fans Rubber Stamps - Rubber stamps with fan images.

Uchiwa and Ohgi

Uchiwa-e Portraits on Fans

Uchiwa

Ougi

♦ Fabric Dyeing and Painting:

Arimatsu Narumi Shibori

Shibori Definition

Shibori Studio

Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori Kaikan - Tie-Dyeing Museum (Select English Button at bottom of page to go to English pages)

Japanese Shibori

Webshot Shibori Gallery

Carol Duvall Show-Shibori Paper - Project by Karen Thomas

Kyoto Shibori Museum

♦ Japanese Language and Writing Systems:

♦ Kanji:

Asian Script Rubber Stamps - Rubber stamps and letter seals of words, phrase, or writing in asian script.

The Kanji Site

♦ Miscellaneous Japanese Subjects:

The Pacific Rim

♦ Maneki Neko - Lucky Cat:

Maneki Neko Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamps of Maneki Neko.

Maneki Neko - the lucky beckoning cat

Maneki Neko - The Lucky Cat

♦ Dolls and Toys:

Rubber Stamps of Toys - Rubber Stamps of images of toys.

Related Art Neko Items - Rubber stamps with doll images or text.

Akanezumiya Ningyo - You have to poke around this website to find the dolls.

Japanese American Doll Exchange of 1927

CHINESE ART AND CULTURE:

♦ Chinese Zodiac:

Chinese Culture Center's Zodiac Page

♦ Chinese Language and Writing Systems:

Asian Script Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamps of and letter seals of words, phrases and writings in Asian Script.

Scrapbook Chinese

EUROPEAN ARTS AND CULTURES:

CELTIC ART AND CULTURE:

EASTERN EUROPEAN ART AND CULTURE:

♦ Easter Eggs:

Hungarian Easter Egg Rubber Stamps - Set of 20 Hungarian Easter Egg rubber stamp images.

Easter Folk Customs in Hungary

Huszákné Czencz Marietta - You don't need to read Hungarian to enjoy the pictures..?

NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE:

Native American and Pre-Columbian Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamps with Native American or Pre-Columbian images.

♦ Fetishes:

Indian Summer Native American Art - Items available for sale on Art Neko including some items related to this topic.

NATURE

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INSECTS:

♦ Butterflies:

Butterfly Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamp Images of Butterflies..

Butterflies North and South - Nice Photo Galleries and Links to other websites about Butterflies. Be prepared for insect sounds--ajust sound before going here....

Enchanted Learning - All About Butterflies

The Butterfly Website - Clipart and Photos for inspiration on coloring

♦ Dragonflies:

Dragonfly Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamps of Dragonfly Images.

Digital Dragonfly Museum - Nice Photos for color selection

FLORAL:

Floral Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamps of Flowers and related Words, Text, and Sentiments.

The Legends of the Flowers - Info on Rose, Lily, Tulip, Iris, Daisy, Poppy and Dahlia

♦ Floral Sentiments:

Flowers By Pat - Table of flowers and associated words or phrases

Language of Flowers by Larkfield Florist - A listing of flowers and their sentiments

THE FLORAL GARDEN - A-K L-Z is on a link at the bottom. Flowers and their meanings

The Language of Flowers

The Language of Flowers by Gift Fair - A nice interactive database. You select a flower and it returns the meaning

Language of Flowers/Lenguaje de las Flores - English/Spanish list of flowers and their meanings

GENERAL ARTS AND CRAFTS

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PAPER ARTS:

♦ Paper Arts:

- See also Origami, Mizuhiki above

E-ZINES AND NEWSLETTERS:

ARTitude Zine - A fun magazine that focuses on mixed media and showcases lots of artwork from their readers.

art-e-zine - Has many project ideas and instructions. Subscription requested but not required.

GALLERIES:

Art Neko Samples Gallery - Gallery with artwork using items available for purchase from Art Neko.

FONTS:

Typoasis

Mah Jong Fonts

Yosh's Laboratory - Mahjong Fonts

TIPS, TECHNIQUES, TUTORIALS AND RELATED GALLERIES:

Make Stamps from Rubber Scraps - Make use of rubber scraps left over from trimming unmounted stamps from sheets of images to make your own rubber stamps.

How to use Cling Vinyl Mounting Foam - Tutorial on how to use cling vinyl mounting foam and acrylic blocks with unmounted rubber stamps.

Enchanted Learning - Color Mixing - Discussion of colors, colorwheel and color selection.

Stamp Tips and Advice

Templates for Shaped Cards, Envelopes, Etc. - By Donovan

Flora Tan's Greeting Cards Website - Templates, projects, verses, etc.

Mirkwood Designs - Templates - Templates

Mirkwood DesignsHow To Mount a Rubber Stamp - Mounting UM's

This to That All about adhesives

Time and Date dot Com - Print a variety of calendars in varying sizes

POLYMER CLAYS:

Photocopy and Polymer Clay

QUILT DESIGNS:

- For inspiration in paper arts as well

Quilt Rubber Stamps - Rubber Stamps of Quilting Designs and Templates for Stamping Quilt Designs on handmade cards and papercraft projects.

Crazy Quilt Central

Dawn's Quilting Clip Art

E Quilt Blocks

Hester Butler-Ehle Quilt Block Pages

Jinny Beyer Free Quilt Patterns

Mary Graham Quilt Styles

Quilting Clip Art & Graphics

Victoriana Quilters Pattern Page

WWQP Quilt Block Patterns in Alphabetic Order

World Wide Quilting Page Coloring Book

Quilt Blocks Galore


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