Working on an Australian Wildlife series, naturally I had to include Satoshi Kamiya’s lovely Green Tree Frog:

I had a day-glow lime green sheet of Hanji in my stash, gifted to me from a collegue who brought it back from Seoul a few years back. I decided I wanted to treat it and colour it with some of my acrylic inks.

I misted the sheet with water, wet a large glass window, rolled the damp hanji onto the wet glass and then coated it with a thick coating of methyl cellulose (MC).

While still wet, I then spritzed the sheet with 3 colours of acrylic ink, allowing each application to wick and dry before the next application.

When completely dry, I peeled off the crispy coloured sheet, which was then cut into a 55cm square.

The sequence for Kamiya’s frog is just so lovely and the bulk of the paper ends up being inside- providing a lifelike bulk for the body.

I love the way this model turned out, and am thrilled with the paper treatment.