Winter Season Postcards by Yotsume

These postcards were designed by Toyokazu Ono at his Yotsume dye studio.

With a winter theme, both versions demonstrate his stencil dye based approach to graphic design.

They are 10cm by 14.8cm.

About Yotsume

Yotsume Somenuno-sha is the dye studio of Toyokazu Ono.  Based in Kunisaki on the north-eastern tip of Kyushu island, Ono practices katazome, or Japanese stencil dye.  From a family who have made dye works for temples and Japanese businesses for more than a century, Ono takes his influences from the mid-century revival in katazome led by Keisuke Serizawa, and modern stencil based graffiti.  The results are handmade dye works rich in colour and pattern, that offer both a contemporary riff on a traditional craft, and tap into a rich aesthetic seam.