Artist Alley · Elevated
Studio Hanabi
Drawn by hand.
Drawn by hand.
Numbered by the artist.
Limited editions. Signed. Never reprinted.
Studio film — Ink & Vermilion
Studio Hanabi · 2026
Current Collection
Four walls, four ways to hold the light
A rotating selection from all three series. Every print ships with museum-grade matting specs in hand — archival inks, cotton rag, edition certificate.
Rain District
The Peony General
The Moon Hare
Three Series
One hand, three worlds
Every print belongs to an ongoing series. Collect within one world, or hang all three and let them argue.
01 ⁄ 春秋
Spirits & Seasons
Fox spirits, koi and shrine snow — the old stories, retold in warm ivory and vermilion.
4 Prints in the series
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02 ⁄ 夜光
Neon Nocturnes
Last trains, vending light and rain-slicked districts. The city after everyone has gone home.
3 Prints in the series
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03 ⁄ 花刃
Botanical Blades
Sentinels and duelists grown from chrysanthemum, iris and peony. Flowers with posture.
3 Prints in the series
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Artist Statement
About the artist
“I draw the ten seconds before something happens — the fox before it turns, the train before the doors close. The print is yours; the next second is too.”
Studio Hanabi began at a six-foot artist-alley table in 2019 and now shows at fourteen conventions a year. Every piece starts as pencil, is inked by hand, and is proofed against the original under gallery light before an edition is opened. When an edition sells through, it is retired — no second runs, no open editions, ever.
R. Hanabi
Illustrator & Printmaker
The Edition Process
From pencil to numbered wall
Four stages, no shortcuts. The same sequence for a $40 print and a $180 flagship.
Sketch
Graphite thumbnails until the composition holds at postage-stamp size. Most drawings never leave this stage.
Ink
Final linework brushed by hand. Flat color fields are cut like stencils — the paper-cut look is drawn, not filtered.
Twelve-ink giclée on 310gsm cotton rag, proofed against the original under D50 gallery light before approval.
Sign
Numbered, signed and seal-stamped in the margin. When the edition sells through, the file is retired for good.
In Their Words
Collectors & press
Fictional endorsements shown for demo purposes — your real reviews slot in here.
The rare artist-alley table that looks like it was airlifted out of a Kyoto gallery. We stopped, and then we stayed.”Inkwell Quarterly — Print Annual
Bought No. 12 of the Lantern Fox edition two years ago. It is still the first thing every guest asks about.”M. Okafor — Collector, Ed. 12⁄100
Numbered editions, real cotton rag, a seal stamp on every margin — this is how convention prints should be done.”Paper & Pigment — Studio Visit
The Edition List
New editions, before the con
List members see every new print 48 hours before it reaches the table — and short editions rarely survive the weekend.