Orasinica

Orasinica — poster gallery

What we see becomes what we write.

From oracle-bone script to modern Chinese characters

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Ghost poster: a kneeling ink-wash spirit with a paper-lantern head and floating pale cyan ghost fire, beside five verified historical and modern forms of 鬼 on a dark field.鬼guǐ · ghost
Tiger poster: a yawning tiger reclining on warm handmade paper, with five forms of the character 虎 beneath it — oracle-bone, bronze, seal, clerical and modern script.虎hǔ · tiger
Fire poster: a bronze basin of glowing coals and a three-tongued flame on a black field, with five forms of the character 火 above it in ember-coloured light.火huǒ · fire
Horse poster: an ink-wash rearing horse on quiet paper, with a vertical column of the character 馬 from oracle-bone script to the modern traditional 馬 and simplified 马.马/馬mǎ · horse
Poster of the ancient character 夒: an ink-wash monkey holding a peach on warm paper, with a left-hand column of six historical and modern forms of 夒.夒náo · monkey-like animal
Dog poster: an ink-wash Chinese rural dog sniffing the ground with its tail raised, with a row of five forms of the character 犬 in the upper left.犬quǎn · dog
Mountain poster: a three-peaked ink mountain in mist on warm handmade paper, with five forms of the character 山 beneath it from oracle-bone script to the modern character.山shān · mountain
Head poster: an abstract childlike painted face with flame-shaped hair above five forms of 首, from oracle-bone script to the modern character.首shǒu · head
Moon poster: a crisp crescent moon on a black field, with five pale forms of the character 月 in a row beneath it.月yuè · moon