Want to learn to make your own block-printed Valentine's Day card? Then you can sign up for an introductory linoleum block printing workshop that Yoshiko Yamamoto will be teaching. WHEN: January 31st (Sun) from 12 noon...

Happy January! The beginning of the year brings us much hope and anticipation! This month we're excited to launch this newly redesigned website. Our web address is the same as our old one, but the...

Join us November 21st from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm for our annual open studio and holiday sale! It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since we opened our Tacoma studio location with...

2015. . . Born in the year of the sheep, I’m excited about this auspicious new year. . . As I write this blog, I’m eagerly looking forward to a visit by the film crew from PBS’s...

Yesterday an email came from Jeff Lord of Liberty Graphics, a high-end silk-screen T-shirt company out of Maine.  Always a happy, cheerful fellow, Jeff said that they’d like to ask me to license my “love...

Which one do you like better? (Don’t worry; it’s NOT a test!!) I just finished making a new block print “Peace Lanterns”.  (The image above on the left is the new block print and the...

It is spring. Migratory birds are coming back to our northern skies and I’ve been thrilled to watch them return. This week in particular the chirping of birds have gotten varied and louder, sounding nearly...

How do we go on after a catastrophic event like a loss of a loved one or a massive hurricane or a tsunami ? At 2:46 pm, all throughout Japan, peace bells rang and citizens–...

For the past few weeks, I’ve been designing a set of 6 cards for the next season. Three are new holiday cards and the rest are a set of three quote cards that are adapted...