This article originally ran in the Los Angeles Japanese American paper, the Rafu Shimpo, on Friday, February 11, 2011. My gratitude to JK Ya...
The Road to Camp is Paved with 120,000 Stories
It has come to my attention that several times a year, people approach me, asking for a list of recommended reading on the subject of Americ...
What Does the Inside of Your Head Look Like?
Its January 4th, and with the realization that the new year has begun and I have so very very much in my mind that I need (nay, am paid to) ...
white christmas in camp
"Born and raised in Los Angeles, I was a city boy who never saw snow in the winter, but you always heard about Christmas’ based on book...
Introduction to Linoleum workshop in Berkeley!
Introduction to Linoleum Instructor/hostess: Patricia Wakida Date: Saturday and Sunday, February 5-6, 2011 Time: 10-3 p.m. both days with a ...
Murao is Missing
Despite the fact that nisei Shig Murao was arrested at City Lights for selling HOWL to an undercover cop, taken to the SF police department ...
autumn inventory headrush shout
Went on a printmaking frenzy in September, and as a result, there's a lot more to look at on my Etsy store .
Joanna Chiyo Nakamura Droeger- Nisei inventor of the "mud pie" dessert
Karen Tei Yamashita is always full of the most interesting Nisei history, and when she told me that a Nisei woman ran a famous cafe in North...
San Francisco Loteria "Cockcycle"
Recently, the San Francisco Center for the Book asked me to be one of 15 artists to illustrate and carve a 12" x 12" linoleum bloc...
the little hook at the border of Oregon and Washington
Scenes from the month-long residency at the Espy Literary Foundation in Oysterville. I finished an entire rough draft of the book- ten chapt...
Considering the Oyster
Since June 1st, I have had the terrific honor of being an artist-in-residency at the esteemed Espy Literary Foundation, located in picturequ...
Return of the Asian American Modernist Geniuses
Not one, but TWO fantastic exhibitions are opening this June/July in the San Francisco Bay Area, and unlucky me, I'm living in Los Angel...
how do I know thee?
We're in our 9th week of living in Los Angeles, and it seems like an appropriate time to review what our user's poll on the likes/di...
dark lights, splendid histories
In the passing silence of January and February, I can at least report that I've been busy behind the green scrim, and if you were to jer...
brown bagger
I forgot to post these brown bag prints, used to hold homemade candies that Sam concocted. Almond brittle, peanut brittle, almond roca, ...
Slightly Behind and to the Left
My first big project of 2010 was to do fifty customized book jackets for my dear friend, writer extraordinare Claire Light . Her first colle...
Year of the Tiger nengajo!
I introduced Sam and Angie to the gocco last night in Berkeley, to stunning results. We printed cards and most importantly the 2010 Year of ...
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