Koko: Dryness, Leaness, and Paleness

A space that presents a withered and淡 (kare-tann) texture. All materials feel dry: the surface of the earth wall is rough and absorbent; the wood is unpainted, grayed by sun exposure, with fibers slightly raised; the linen fabric is stiff and coarse; the pottery is unglazed, like dried earth. The colors have extremely low saturation, almost achromatic, with only subtle differences in gray, brown, and pale yellow. The lines in the space are all slender—thin columns, thin branches, thin shelves. The plant in the picture is a dry, withered branch inserted into a ceramic vase, without leaves. The overall impression is late autumn, dryness, a skeleton left after moisture has been drawn out by time. Avoid: using saturated, moist colors, adding fresh, lush plants, using smooth, lustrous materials, making lines thick and heavy.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個呈現枯淡質地的空間。所有材料都給人乾燥的感覺:土壁的表面粗糙而吸水;木材是未上漆的,顏色因日曬而變灰,纖維略微翹起;麻布質地硬挺而粗;陶器沒有上釉,像乾涸的土。顏色的彩度極低,幾乎接近無彩,只有灰、褐與淡黃的細微差異。空間中的線條都很細瘦——細的柱、細的枝條、薄的層板。畫面中的植物是一枝乾燥的枯枝插在陶瓶中,沒有葉子。整體給人的印象是深秋、是乾涸、是被時間抽乾了水分之後剩下的骨架。避免:使用飽和濕潤的顏色、加入新鮮繁茂的植物、使用光滑潤澤的材料、把線條做得粗壯厚重。