Elena wrote:
, in the neatest decorated paper box.
The box has a great back-story. It's called a "Mrs Yabe box" and I learned the pattern from Barry Morentz, another calligrapher. He was studying paper-making in Japan for several months, and when he left, his landlady (Mrs Yabe) gave him a gift of those Japanese sweets that are just too beautiful to eat, in a box she had made herself. Of course, he took it apart when he got home- the stiffener was a recycled yoghurt container. The pattern's been getting passed along ever since. -Helen/Aidan
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