Name/Title
266, Art Car, Blessing Garden, Katie StahlTags
2024, #Description
Blessing Garden is a 2002 Ford Explorer covered in 3-inch square pieces of origami paper. She has origami pieces on the back including hearts, dogs , and butterflies.
"I created BG for the community. I love art cars and most of all the people. The most prevalent type of paper on BG is Yuzen or Chiyogami paper. Yuzen patterns were originally designed for the textile industry in Kyoto where the production of cloth for kimonos reached its zenith. Yuzen designs were very elaborate, and included a lot of gold.
Chiyogami is a specific word developed to describe the graphic, repetitive designs applied to paper in the Edo period. Originally these patterns were printed by woodblock for use in paper doll and small accessory making. In the twentieth century, these patterns began to be applied using silkscreens and this continues today. Today, as Yuzen textile patterns join the traditional Chiyogami ones on paper, both terms are used interchangeably.
I started decoupaging BG in 2015 and she entered her first Houston Art Car parade in 2016. She has been in several Houston Art Car Parades and a few Trinidad, Colorado, Artocade parades. This year I decided to recover her after the paper had faded after 8 years.
