Do you know "Shikishi" ?

Shikishi is a kind of paperboard which is commonly known for its square shape made with Japanese washi paper. People often use it as autograph board. However to find creative view of using shikishi we held a workshop from May 15th until July 4th this year with Kyoto Shikishi Tanzaku Cooperative.
Workshop was held 16 times every weekend and many people enjoyed special texture of Shikishi.

The theme was "Myself in the future".

By using Shikishi which isn't commonly used for drawing, people could experience the possibility and utilization of Shikishi that could be more flexible than usual manga or illustration.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cooperative we organized a competition and winning entries will be exhibited from Aug 1st until 7th.

◆Exhibition and commendation ceremony of Shikishi manga competition
Exhibition period : Aug 1st until 7th (commendation ceremony will be held on the first day)
Place : entrance of the Kyoto International manga museum

I tried to draw something too...

What do you think? This is the new way of using Shikishi!?