Artist Name: Teo Pique

Teo creates Japanese Enso Acrylic Paintings and Japanese Kimono Paper Art in varied sizes. Teo also has a creative selection of winter and holiday items in the months of November and December including hand-painted Cardinals on glass and wood carved ornaments, Santas from carved birch and hand-crafted holiday cards.

The Story of the Japanese Kimono

Artist Teo Piqué

My tiny kimono’s weave together threads of my life into tiny objects that express my belief in possibilities, thoughtfulness, and friendship.

As a child, the world of miniature fascinated me. We were poor, but I managed to assemble a menagerie of tiny figurines using found objects to create furniture and homes for my collection of tiny friends. I’d imagine myself escaping like Alice in Wonderland into these tiny worlds.

Eventually I did escape into a world that I created which included attending college in San Francisco. Yoko, was from Japan, whom I was excited to have as my roommate. Being of mixed heritage, I have always found myself drawn to diverse cultures. Family lore has it that my grandfather on the Filipino side was reportedly of Japanese ancestry.

Whenever Yoko’s mother, Mrs. Ueda, visited or sent a care packages to Yoko, she always included something for me. With no care packages coming from my own home, I cherished Mrs. Ueda’s thoughtfulness and kindness. Once, she gave me a set of chopstick holders decorated with tiny Japanese kimono dolls. Every time I looked at the small delicately crafted pieces, I would stare at them in wonder and, once again, was transported to another world.

Tiny kimono figures became gifts, I crafted myself for my friends, as a way to show that I was thinking of them. Over time, the materials and presentation of my kimono pieces have evolved. One thing that has remained constant for the past thirty years is the joy of making them and sharing a piece of me with the people I love. Teo

Classes Offered:

Workshops set up via personal requests of artist

Western Avenue Studios

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