Friday, June 22, 2007
Outside Delano, the book
Some candid shots (not great) of the finished book.
Get in touch with me if you're interested in adopting one- a real wasabi press original.
Haiku, washi handmade paper, linoblock illustrations by Patricia Wakida.
Six blocks printed with silver inks, text xerox transfered. Bound using accordion/turkish map folds. Edition of 5.
$60.00
Shi-ah-ta-ru
Hey, watch that thing! I'm on a big blog bonanza. Its been awhile since I've downloaded pix off of ye olde trusty kamera, so I'm gonna stick up some picture from a couple of random sources.
First and foremost, I wanted to post some stuff about my absolutely charmed trip to Seattle, Washington, that took place in mid-May. The thrust of the whole trip up to the wooly Northwest was sheer research— to meet Shig Murao's 81 year old twin sister, Shiz, to do research on pre-war Seattle's Japanese American community, and to meet with choice JA historians, bibliophiles, writers, artists, archivists and filmmakers, all in a neat seven days. I also had a chance to catch up with friends Tim and Jessica (hi kids!- thanks for use of the airmattress!), James (ditto on the spare room! the midnight motorcycle ride across the bridges and shots of high grade whiskey was just the edge I needed to close that trip off with, and Heidi (brilliant artist, mom, and non-profit founder).
I toured and an astonishing number and variety of Seattle neighborhoods, all for the sake of getting to know the geography and the people who inhabited particular neighborhoods: Green Lake, Phinney, Fremont, Queen Anne Hill, the ID, Madrona, Beacon Hill, West Seattle, Georgetown...I even made a special jaunt out to Bellevue to pay my respects to a certain cemetery, gracing the headstones with petals and poetry.
So without further ado, here are some shots of what I saw in Seattle.
At Saito's in goofy Belltown with the creme de la creme of JA Seattle historians: Kazuko Nakane, Chizu Omori, Alan Lau and (solo on the other side of the table) the legendary bookstore owner and flyfisher, David Ishii.
Signs from the International District
The Bookstore, a Bar!
A study in two libraries (yes, i am a hopeless bookworm. help me). The quaint Fremont Public Library and the spanking new downtown main public library.
Green dogwoods in bloom. Sigh.
Outrageous icelandic poppies in bloom. Double sigh.
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First and foremost, I wanted to post some stuff about my absolutely charmed trip to Seattle, Washington, that took place in mid-May. The thrust of the whole trip up to the wooly Northwest was sheer research— to meet Shig Murao's 81 year old twin sister, Shiz, to do research on pre-war Seattle's Japanese American community, and to meet with choice JA historians, bibliophiles, writers, artists, archivists and filmmakers, all in a neat seven days. I also had a chance to catch up with friends Tim and Jessica (hi kids!- thanks for use of the airmattress!), James (ditto on the spare room! the midnight motorcycle ride across the bridges and shots of high grade whiskey was just the edge I needed to close that trip off with, and Heidi (brilliant artist, mom, and non-profit founder).
I toured and an astonishing number and variety of Seattle neighborhoods, all for the sake of getting to know the geography and the people who inhabited particular neighborhoods: Green Lake, Phinney, Fremont, Queen Anne Hill, the ID, Madrona, Beacon Hill, West Seattle, Georgetown...I even made a special jaunt out to Bellevue to pay my respects to a certain cemetery, gracing the headstones with petals and poetry.
So without further ado, here are some shots of what I saw in Seattle.
At Saito's in goofy Belltown with the creme de la creme of JA Seattle historians: Kazuko Nakane, Chizu Omori, Alan Lau and (solo on the other side of the table) the legendary bookstore owner and flyfisher, David Ishii.
Signs from the International District
The Bookstore, a Bar!
A study in two libraries (yes, i am a hopeless bookworm. help me). The quaint Fremont Public Library and the spanking new downtown main public library.
Green dogwoods in bloom. Sigh.
Outrageous icelandic poppies in bloom. Double sigh.
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Monday, June 18, 2007
on a telephone pole near you...
that's where my latest original artwork will be showing, yo.
two new linoblock/letterpress posters done for upcoming Slydini and Inner Ear Brigade shows in the East Bay.
in a massive exercise on where to post your band's flyers for maximum visibility, buddyray hit the streets all weekend long, claiming that he duct taped-stapled the posters in/around/above/below here:
Temescal Cafe
Arzimendi
Leo's Audio
Whole Foods on Ashby
Parkway Theater
Woody's Laundromat
Rooz Cafe
Artists' Cafe
Colonial Donuts
Gaylord's
Cato's
Amoeba Records
Rasputin Records
Starry Plough
Mama Buzz
Aquarius Records
Ex'pression Digital Arts College
Gorilla Cafe
SLYDINI Friday, June 22, 2007 at Oakland's one and only Stork Club 2330 Telegraph Avenue in downtown Oakland, with MiRthkon and Fuzzy Cousins, 9 p.m.
SLYDINI Friday, June 29, 2007 at Berkeley's one and only Jupiter 2181 Shattuck Ave in downtown Berkeley, 8 p.m. FREE!
INNER EAR BRIGADE, Saturday, June 30, 2007 at the Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley, wih MiRthkon and Three Piece Combo. time TBA, $7