shadows


These fun shadows were popping up on the walls after we got over with the June Gloom.
Finally summer is here in LA.




But they will be hard to find for a while again.
We just put up curtains all over the windows so we can reduce the summer heat.

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Hello !!






Thank you and xoxo.



It took me forever to finish type setting for this one and I was trying to look for the perfect "x" and "o".

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we shall see.

Happy Monday!
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On my window

I don't have wall to pin up so my windows become my pinup surface.
Two things i was inspired lately!


knot # 3 exhibition by jung jung



And a poster from Adana

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a good mail day



my first collection of wood types




Did a quick test print!
They are 7/8" Hamilton.




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wood type specimens

and it's fun to see other designers book collection

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I printed them in red







on Japanese color papers.


and cut them up...........


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finally I had a SUNNY Sunday morning today!

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We have too many GRAY days lately!!I need some nice colors around me!
Luckily I have a good mail day!Yurio Seki's book is here.




also Salvia by her.






I need to get these "dots" and stripes" postcards.

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I got these color paper in tortoise and according keiko these paper are for collage. They tear the paper and not cut them by scissors. I love the color texture of it. They are similar to Chinese calligraphic paper.



I don't think this really show the real colors.



and I did some portrait sketches with the paper!
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I also love the colors on this table.

new carved block


He is very nosy.


When he is not hungry he is a curious pig.

It's still gloomy and grey here and I'm so used to take pictures with a lot of light......
so not many photos lately!!
Everything looks desaturated because of weather!

These are for my new project. Will show you the proofs soon. They are the characters for the stories of Paiwan people.

(copy right by yu-i chan & National Taiwan Museum)

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on my desk







i've been carving lately......


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I'm logging off now because I need to upgrade my computer.....
hopefully everything will be back in normal soon.

have a nice weekend!
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Polaroids from last summer/(yellow flowers+ apple beer+ orange blossom beer ...)

We have two weeks straight of gray sky. I have been wondering where summer is!!









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I've been waiting for summer to come so I can visit soda pop stop again!! They carry so so many
different kinds of sodas and beers. Apple beer and orange blossom beer were very good.
The cherry one was okay.....................

more story about the shop here.

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I've been making bread for breakfast everyday.



naan


combination of no knead bread and Chinese green scallion pancake.










and today is walnut, raisins, cinnamon and nutmeg.
I'm going to try onion bread and olive bread.
I tried to use buckwheat flour to make no knead bread once. It was really
good.

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This recipe for naan is not bad. I found that use yogurt or milk to replace with
water adds very good aroma to the bread but you don't really need the egg though.

If you add eggs, butter and milk (replacing the water) for the no knead bread recipe
and it will become basic sweet bread recipe which can be cinnamon rolls and brioche.

Similar to no knead bread, Artisan bread in five minutes a day is a good book.
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*people who make nice socks
_ Hansel from Basel










They are having sale on their online store for the past season collections.
Above are from their 09 fall collection.

photos are by nicholas haggard
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*people who make nice shoes and metal ware
_house
(only photos of tools here but you will find more nice products in the website)




If possible I want to take this shoes making class.
(via oly)

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have a nice weekend!

after the wood block printing class
we walked along the water.









saw these boards and remembered i have a orange one sitting in basement............

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THANK YOU!

This all I want to say to you!
Thank you for stopping by, leaving nice comments and visiting my little shop.

My little shop is turning 3 years old this month. It's so hard to believe and I know I can't make it without you.
I'm adding two (linoleum block+ prints) in the shop. Both of them are at the special price for this anniversary celebration.

Many many thanks!!
xoxo








I made a sleeve for the deer print.



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Woodblock printing class in tortoise
I went to this woodblock printing class today. Shodo Iwagaki is a monk from Japan and he taught us how to carve and print.




The invitation he made for the show and the class.










We were asked to create some graphic with square, circle and triangle since it's a short class.



This is what I did! I'm afraid that I'm not "zen" enough. It's kind of fun that shodo pointed out the imperfect parts of the print and he said he likes the way it is." It's part of character of wood block printing......"



I like his free form bag. Things are just simple held together by a big sheet of fabric.



The fabric he designed.




His "Zen talk" postcard. I learned some of the Zen poetry before. It's really inspiring to see some of them being interpreted into graphic forms.







The lovely birds in tortoise. Tortoise is a dangerous place! I want everything there.

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Today is a busy Sunday! Tired but happy!!

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some sketches for the new project,






waiting the red birds to dry so i can send out some surprises to friends and my family.



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