Nafudakake for Minakami

We recently completed a project for Minakami Bushido Karate Dojo, a gift for their Instructor Brian Owen.
The design went though a few variations which is quiet normal.
The final draft graphic design is shown below.

The first tile is the logo. The file for the logo supplied was not of a high enough resolution to use so we re-made it from scratch and it is probably 99.5% accurate to the original, but a far superior quality.
The second tile reads "Minakami Bushido" - Minakami is a Japanese Surname and the kanji were sourced from our database.
The third tile reads "karate dojo" while the fourth and fifth are the rank nafuda (Godan) and the instructors name "Brian Owen".
We check katakana translations where possible and the client checked against Owen Sensei's belt to ensure that we used the same representation.

The client chose for the nafudakake to be made in oak with an oak frame. As is also shown in the graphic design the client decided not to add English translations at the bottom of each tile which is common on a lot of our products.

When you commission a project you can be sure that you will end up with a unique piece of art that is simply not available anywhere else.

If you have a project in mind just drop us an E Mail to sotosabisu@btinternet.com
Current costings can be found in the relevant shop page please click on the button below to view.

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