Screen and other items for the ryokan

I had a more successful day today. This morning I ordered a bunch of LED bulbs, wire, battery housings, shrink tubing, and other things so I can do more lighting. It will be good to finally see the lights I finished lit up, and to make more!

I also made a few more items.

The first thing I made was a screen. It is two sided so I can use it in different rooms, depending on the color. It isn't going to be in this room, I just stuck it in there for the photograph. This side has blue chiyogami paper.

This is the opposite side in pink.

Another thing I hadn't done was to put the fabric covers over the mirrors on the dressing tables. These are the same two dressing tables, but the chiyogami paper "fabric" shows up better in one photo, and it lays better in the other. I need to look up why the mirrors are supposed to be covered though. That's one of the reasons I love building this house, it lets me learn about different cultures and traditions!

I built a large lantern for the outside of the ryokan. It's not completely glued together yet though, because I have to wait until the bulbs get here, so it looks a little wonky in this photo. I used a patterned mulberry paper, and will wait to see it lit before I decide whether or not to add little sticks to make it into a shoji lantern.

This is the handwashing basin I made yesterday. I'm still not quite sure what I want to do with it. It needs more "water" in it, but I'm waiting for the first layer to dry before I add more. The little vase thing is kind of interesting because it has those drain holes in the top, and a large hole below. (It's just like the vase I put the umbrellas into the other day). Anyway, I am trying to find some small bamboo "pipes" to make water come into the top. Then I want to use another bamboo "pipe" in the hole in the bottom, and make it look like the water goes down from the vase into a stone basin below. I'm not sure how it will look, but the vase is so neat that I want to find something imaginative to do with it. I need to do something to the dipper. It looks kind of strange with a bamboo handle and a fimo cup on the end!