This painting was made using traditional Japanese mineral pigment painting methods, a labor intensive process that involves creating water based paints, binders, and glue using natural materials. Jeanne LaCasse utilized earth and ochre pigments, ground oyster shells, cochineal, and oxidized Japanese silver leaf, all applied to high quality paper and adhered to a dark brown matt board. Ships flat in a protective cellophane envelope. Signed on the back, it is not ready to hang.