I love Japanese calligraphy. Recently I was sitting in a dark cube watching archival Japanese wartime footage in an exhibition at the Hamburg Kunsthalle and realized I should flex my Shodo muscles on my guitar pedal.
I kinda screwed up though. I envisioned the painting over the raw aluminum, like this:
But I when I primed the metal the primer was solid gray. The brush strokes came out decently but not as dramatic as the concept. Still, not bad for a first attempt…
