Temma Gentles

Temma’s background includes many hours spent with her grandparents in their ladies’ wear store in the Beaches, Toronto. She studied literary symbolism in English and Russian at University of Toronto, and later graduated from Ontario College of Art. Her work has won prestigious awards and is owned by several museums. She is a founder of the Pomegranate Guild, and on the board of Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. In 2002 while living in Israel, she designed and created costumes for The Mikado. Temma considers that the essence of all her work is bringing stories to life.

Katagami - Indigo

For the original of this print, silk fabric was overlaid with a parchment papercut divided into quadrants representing the four elements of earth, water, air and sky. These sections are further divided into 18 rays of light surrounding the design text to wish the couple a long and blessed life together. (This is a flat reproduction of the original- there is no fabric or material on each giclee print- only ink.)

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