Where I find inspiration. Floribunda scroll.

Not every stencil I cut is traditional Japanese in origin. I was inspired recently to use a wreath design from a woven coverlet. Here is the image. It required some alteration and simplification and editing as I cut to permit a stencil design.  The surrounding detail would have been tricky to cut and it was the wreath I really liked.   

Cutting was easier than you might expect, using an image printed on two sheets of 11x17 tracing paper and a little spray adhesive on this big stencil. Hollow punches of three sizes allowed me to create the center star. 

I chose a dainty Japanese border design stencil to make the finished scroll, dyed with soy based pigment paints on Japanese ramie. The result is fresh, springlike and a little Japanese inspired. I am happy.