Since my return to the Berlin studio, more JAPAN-LEPORELLOS have been created:

1. “people”

2. “studio homes and houses”

3. “The shadows of the buildings”

4. “inside-out”

5. “magic moments”

6. “baloons”

7. “inner circles”

to 1: “people” is a 17.3-page fanfold made of laid paper in A4 landscape format. Total length: 326 cm. It is constructed on one side with lino printing in white, stamp and stencil printing, hand drawings and neon watercolor and tells of places in people I met in Japan.

to 2: “studio homes and houses” is a 32-page fanfold made of acid-free drawing paper in A4 landscape format. Total length: 960 cm. It is printed on both sides with linoleum print in white. On the inside, between the reinforced covers, I use stencil printing, hand drawings and neon watercolors to tell the story of special houses and places I was able to discover in Japan.

re 3: “The Shadows of the Buildings” is a 32-page fanfold made of acid-free drawing paper in A4 landscape format. Total length: 960 cm. It is printed on both sides with linoleum print in white. On the inside, between the reinforced covers, I use stencil printing, hand drawings and neon watercolors to tell the story of the shadows of the buildings I discovered in Japan.

to: 4. “inside-out”

A 38-page fanfold made of acid-free drawing paper in A 4 landscape format. Total length: 1140 cm. It is printed on one side with linoleum print in white. On the inside, between the reinforced covers, I use stencil printing, hand drawings and neon watercolor to tell of the special tension between interior and exterior spaces in Japan.

to: 5. “magic moments”

A 30-sheet fanfold made of acid-free drawing paper in A 4 landscape format. Total length: 900 cm. It is printed on one side with linoleum print in white. On the inside, between the reinforced covers, I use stencil printing, hand drawings and neon watercolors to tell the story of magical creatures and their habitats in Japan.

to: 6. “baloons”

Is a 14-page, single-sided fanfold, portrait format, 30 x 20.5 cm, total length: 287 cm.

White lino printing, stencil printing, stamps and hand drawings are used on heavy laid paper. Dispersion paint, ink, fluorescent and afterglow paint, pencil and watercolor tell of floating through Japanese places.

to: 7. “inner circles”

A 14-page fanfold, portrait format, 30 x 20.5 cm, total length: 287 cm.

On heavy laid paper, white lino printing, stencil printing, stamps and hand drawings. Dispersion paint, ink, fluorescent and afterglow paint, pencil and watercolor tell of imagined and real spaces in Japan.

Place of creation Studio Berlin, May-July 2025