Everything you need to make your own belly silhouette art
We've put a lot of love and care into creating these kits. That's why each Art Bellies Kit is completely natural and made with the absolute highest level of quality. We've selected environmentally and socially responsible products: Our handmade white papers are made in northern Thailand from the bark of the mulberry tree. Our handmade colored papers are made in Nepal from the Lokta plant. Our traditional Japanese Sumi-E ink is derived from pine soot. Our colored pigments are natural earthen ochres taken from various mineral deposits. And our brushes were made especially for calligraphy ink use and just happen to perfectly fit the shape of a pregnant body. All these products were personally chosen from years of browsing our favorite art supply houses. Enjoy!
Each Art Bellies Pregnancy Art Kit specifically includes:
- 1 sheet of colored handmade paper that is approximately 20" x 30"
- 2 sheets of white handmade portrait paper. Each sheet is approximately 20" x 30"
- 6 sheets of practice newsprint paper
- a 1" sheep's hair calligraphy brush
- a 2" sheep's hair calligraphy brush
- a 1 oz vial of Japanese Sumi-e Ink
- 2 colored packets of earthen ochre and/or minerals
- 1 ceramic paint dish
- Push pins
- and our full instruction booklet
Here is an example of an Art Bellies Fire Kit
More about our handmade art papers:
Lokta paper is handmade
traditionally from time immemorial in Nepal from the bark of Daphne
Papyracea. These plants are found in the forest of Nepal
between the altitudes of 6500 ft. to 9500ft. Nepalese
farmers allow sufficient time for the plants to grow and develop. Lokta
production does not affect the fragile forest ecology of Nepal.
The traditional Asian paper which is often referred to as "rice
paper" is not made from rice fibers at all. More commonly it is made
from the versatile mulberry tree, Broussonetia Papyrifera, varieties of which are also used for
feeding silkworms and in medicine. The mulberry tree is still abundant in
Thailand - growing wild all over the Northern forest and lowland areas
- and Thai artisans continue to produce handmade paper using the same
technique that they have done for centuries.
More about ground ochres and minerals:
Ochres and minerals have been used as pigments since prehistoric times well before anyone learned to manufacture artificial pigments. In Earth Pigments: The Artists Oldest Paintbox,
Carmi Weingrod wrote, "Thousands of years before the first recorded
paintings, cave dwellers used colors dug up from the earth to adorn
their bodies, clothing and implements to enhance their living quarters.
These practices were closely tied to the cultural and religious rituals
that were an integral part of the cave dwellers daily life."
