Meet the Team

"Mayuko Fujino is a self-taught paper cutout and stencil artist from  Japan who now lives in Copake, NY. Inspired by traditional Japanese  stencil textile designs and the Mingei folk art movement, she has been  making art since 1999 for clients such as the National Audubon Society,  Atlantic Magazine, and the Nature Conservancy. This art exhibit, Birds of the Hudson Valley, showcases her stencil paintings using natural  pigments, some of which were made from rocks collected in the Hudson Valley. She often finds inspiration in birds and the local natural  landscape, as well as conversations with local birders, ecologists, and  farmers. On Saturday May 3rd 2-4pm, she will give a presentation on her  work and introduce her ongoing art zine project, Beakuency: Meet Bird  People in Columbia County, which grew out of such community conversations."

https://kinderhooklibrary.org/event/art-opening-birds-of-the-hudson-valley-by-mayuko-fujino/

My works have been exhibited internationally at locations such as Megumi Ogita Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), the Old Jaffa Museum (Tel Aviv, Israel), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark), and Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, MA), and featured in a book which introduces 25 of the world's top papercraft artists written and compiled by noted papercraft illustrator Owen Gildersleeve entitled Paper Cut: An Exploration Into the Contemporary World of Papercraft Art and Illustration.

All of my pieces are hand-painted with stencils which I hand-cut. This means every piece is unique and slightly different from the others.

Workflow (watch the video below to see it in action)

1. create a draft

2. cut the stencil

3. paint using the stencil

I used to make paper-cutout art but switched to stencil painting a few years ago. It allows me to re-create the same composition several times which helps me keep the prices of my pieces affordable. I believe craftsmanship shouldn't be only for those who are wealthy and I like printmaking as a means of democratizing art.