Cardinal

“Cardinal”

Sumi

70 x 70

This design was inspired by a turkey red bandanna. This era of bandannas is always very interesting detail-wise. The original had a bird motif in the middle and these little feather ornaments on the outside. Yurika and I wanted to change the center motif to something more easily recognizable -cardinals. Entirely redrawn from the original, all the details have been changed and everything is original. I was listening to baroque lute music and this design really meshed well with it. Consider this design a sort of modern antique. We don’t do many black bandannas, but this one is an interesting Japanese hue of black. “Sumi” is a lovely softer black that really looks nice next to deep reds and antique whites.