#Kinuko Craft

[psikonauti]

Kinuko Yamabe Craft (Japanese-American, b. 1940)

Sleeping Beauty, 2002

Oil Painting

#Kinuko Yamabe Craft #Kinuko Y. Craft #upl #va #art #painting #Kinuko Craft #so lovely

[colleendoran]

Very pleased and excited, CHIVALRY by Neil Gaiman, adapted and illustrated by me with lettering by me and Todd Klein, published by Dark Horse Comics makes the LOCUS Awards Best Illustrated and Art Book nomination list.

I was bowled over by Kinuko Craft's amazing VISIONS OF BEAUTY, and being nominated alongside her has me really stoked. Charles Vess is also nominated for Best Artist.

Good luck to all and thanks for including us, we're really honored.

#kinuko craft #locus awards #locus #chivalry #neilgaiman #neil gaiman

[dozydawn]

Franklin Mint Cinderella doll by Kinuko Y. Craft.

A magnificent porcelain portrait doll created with remarkable attention to detail. Cinderella is portrayed as she attends the Grand Masquerade Ball in a resplendent gown of brocade, organza and lace. She holds a "pumpkin" mask, and wears sparkling glass slippers. Complete with a headpiece of faux pearls, crystals, and tiny silken rosebuds.

#franklin mint #dolls #kinuko y craft #kinuko y. craft #kinuko craft #cinderella #masquerade

[jadeseadragon]

Kinuko Y. Craft @kinukoycraft_official

“La Notizie de Figaro”

18.2 x 15.1 Oil Painting 1995

On page 2 in “Visions of Beauty”

#kinuko y. craft #kinuko craft #women artists #gardens #landscapes #mozart #the marriage of figaro

[undergroundrockpress]

Illustration by Kinuko Craft, 1974.

#70s illustration #Kinuko Craft #1974

[sandmandaddy69]

Kinuko Craft

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[withnailrules]

Kinuko Craft

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[faeriephia]

i love the artist that made this. their name is Kinuko Y. Craft their a japanese artist and their art is so ethereal and makes me so happy :)

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- faeriephia🧚‍♂️

#fairycore #fairy character #painting #coquette #fairygarden #kinuko craft #art #ethereal #lovecore #nature

[thefaeriefolk]

#angels #fantasy art #kinuko craft

[tomoleary]

Kinuko Craft

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[lagaleriapopurri]

Kinuko Craft

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[ravenya003]

A friend brought it to my attention late last night that fantasy author Patricia McKillip passed away on May 6th, and though there is an obituary in Locus, the news sadly seems to have been overlooked by other on-line fantasy outlets.

She was one of my favourite writers, having penned well over twenty novels across the course of her career and being the recipient of several awards, including the World Fantasy life achievement award in 2008.

She's perhaps most famous for her Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy, though for my money her best work was written between 1995 and 2010, decades in which she wrote the likes of Winter Rose, The Book of Atrix Wolfe, Song for the Basilisk, The Tower at Stony Wood, Ombria in Shadow, In The Forests of Serre, Alphabet of Thorn, Od Magic, The Bell at Sealey Head and The Bards of Bone Plain – all standalone fantasy novels that melded her distinctive poetic-prose with stories based on fairy tales, mythology, ballads and other fantasy inspirations.

As a younger reader, there was seriously nothing else like them. The cover art featured above was done by Kinuko Y. Craft, and they’re a perfect visual compliment to McKillip’s dense, ornate prose. Oftentimes reading her books was like trying to unravel a tangled knot – but a lot more fun. No matter how complicated things got, you knew you would eventually land on solid ground.

“Night is not something to endure until dawn. It is an element, like wind or fire. Darkness is its own kingdom; it moves to its own laws, and many living things dwell in it.”

― Patricia A. McKillip, Harpist in the Wind

#patricia mckillip #kinuko craft #fairytales #books

[colleendoran]

We're very pleased to announce that CHIVALRY has received the LOCUS Award for BEST ILLUSTRATED AND ART BOOK for 2023.

It is very humbling to be in the company of such fantastic artists as Kinuko Craft, Shaun Tan, and Omar Rayyan. We cannot even begin to express our deep gratitude.

Also, congratulations to Charles Vess on his award for Best Artist, Rob Wilkins for his work on TERRY PRATCHETT: A LIFE WITH FOOTNOTES AN OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY, John Scalzi for THE KAIJU APPRECIATION SOCIETY, and all the other winners and very deserving nominees, to the staff of LOCUS, and to all those who took the time to make their votes count.

#chivalry #neil gaiman #john scalzi #locus awards #locus #charless vess #terry pratchett #rob wilkins #shaun tan #omar rayyan #kinuko craft

[gilgalahad]

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[jadeseadragon]

Kinuko Y. Craft @kinukoycraft_official

“Elizabeth and the New World”

14 × 24 Oil Painting 2008

#kinuko y. craft #kinuko craft #queen elizabeth the first #queens

[trifoliate-undergrowth]

“What is it?” Margaret Hillert and Kinuko Craft

I have a vivid memory of sitting on the floor in the school library staring at the illustrations of this book when I was in either kindergarten or first grade and I finally tracked it down and bought a copy of it, which seems to be an old library book also. The story is extremely simple as it’s a learn-to-read book and I think even at the time I was unimpressed by it, but the illustrations stuck with me for years. They’re just... Well, look at them. 

In my memory the clockwork cat was bigger, but I’m pretty sure this is the version I remember (it looks like there’s a version with different illustrations, I haven’t bought that one or been able to look at it extensively, but just going by the cover it doesn’t seem at all like the style I remember.) It probably seemed bigger to me at the time because I was small and everything seemed big. 

It’s impossible to put into words the feeling of awe that cat inspired in me as a small child--and all the other illustrations in the book, ramping up to the absolute coolest cat you’ve ever seen. ...Now that I think about it, I wonder if this was where my obsession with clocks started? They were just The Coolest Motif Ever for me for quite a while. Still think they’re very cool. 

Anyways, I hope you experienced some of that also looking at these. 

#FLYING STEAMPUNK GIANT CAT ROBOT FROM MY MEMORY #book scans #illustration #surreal #children's book #how do I tag this #margaret hillert #kinuko craft #long post