Self-Expression Art Series Project 2017-2018

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Four reasons why this workshop is valuable for you

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Japanese woodblock print dyeing master will come and teach on Vancouver Island in September 2017

Tetsuo Koyama, who visited ...
I am a multidisciplinary artist who was born in Japan and lives on Vancouver Island, Canada. In this blog I write about my art activity, Japanese culture and my personal life in Canada.

One inspiration about Japanese kanji Characters

My grandfather was a haiku poet and a calligrapher. I understood the real beauty of his art only after he passed away....     Matthew Goulish made ...

Yuzen dyeing 2 – Can Canada be my home?

"Can Canada be my home? " I made a yuzen dyeing piece (the image below) to answer this deep question. My yuzen piece was exhibited in the group show "Why I Love Canada ...

More similarity between Ainu people and Canadian First Nations

I learned how to make a hat with cedar bark. Canadian First Nations used to wear jackets made with yellow cedar bark.[/caption] Ainu people in Hokkaido create their ...