Hobonichi A6 Techo Cover: Keiko Shibata - Bus Management by Mr. and Mrs. Inoue

Keiko Shibata painted this for her own 2017 gallery show, and it is exactly what its title says: an elderly couple in the front seats of a bright red bus, crossing an open field, going to an unknown destination. Both of them are smiling.

It is printed onto a textured polyester chosen to hold the character of the oil pastel original, so the reds, greens and whites shift in shade across the cover the way hand-drawn work does. Red piping runs around the edge as a frame, the lining is a soft ivory, and the two bookmarks end in round black charms shaped after the bus's tyres. Shibata's signature is printed inside the left pocket.

Features

• A 2017 oil pastel by Keiko Shibata, printed on textured polyester

• Red piping framing the artwork, with an ivory lining

• Two bookmarks with round black charms, after the bus's tyres

• The artist's signature printed inside the left pocket

• 165 x 244 x 3 mm (6.5 x 9.6 x 0.1 in) excluding the pen holders, about 100 g

• Fits the A6 Original, the Planner, the Original Avec and the A6 Day-Free