Last
Thursday, Oct 3, a group of us from American Frame had the honor and pleasure
of attending the opening of Fresh
Impressions
at
the Toledo Museum of Art, an exhibit featuring the museum’s collection of
Japanese woodblock prints from the early 20th century. Many of the works featured were by artist Hiroshi Yoshida. If you
have even the slightest interest in
Japanese art and artifacts, do not miss this exhibit. The collection is
vast and is being shown for the first time since the 1930’s. Here are a few
pictures from the gallery.
‘American
Framers’ left to right: Brenda, Jennifer, Holly and Sandi. I’m in the middle
and to the far right is Aubrey, our Social Media maven.
Now,
for us (or should I say, lucky for us) there is more to this story. Over the
past year, we have had the pleasure of framing a series of fine art prints for RoomandBoard.com
by artist Ayomi Yoshida,
grand-daughter of Hiroshi Yoshida . Over
the course of this last year, we have gotten to know each other via email so I
was happy to hear from her, a few months ago, that she would make her debut trip
to Toledo to attend the opening of her grandfather’s work. I previously had
travel plans, which I cancelled, as to not
miss her visit. Good call!
Image
from the Water Series of woodblock prints available at www.RoomandBoard.com
The
night of the exhibit we met briefly. But the next day, we had the honor of
hosting her visit to our facility accompanied by her husband, sculptor Bidou
Yamaguchi, along with friends Laura Semba and Pat Tosseti. Bidou is a fine
artist in his own right, a Master Noh Mask Carver from Japan. Here is a link to
his site http://www.bidou-yamaguchi.com/index2.html
The
Yoshida family legacy spans four generations and 8 artists of which Ayomi is
the youngest. In her early years, Ayomi had not planned on becoming an artist.
She actually had come to the US to study architecture, where she happened upon
a silk screening class and fell in love with the technique. When she returned
to Japan, the materials she had used to create screen prints were simply not
available so she created her own process based upon woodblock printing
techniques she had learned from her grandfather, creating an aesthetic all her
own with pieces ranging from monumental installations as seen in Target Center to
contemporary woodblock prints accessible to the everyday collector. http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/ideas_advice/artisans_designers/ayomi_yoshida.ftl
Before
I go further, I have to say that I am personally humbled beyond words by the
fact that these fine artists and their friends took their entire morning during
a busy trip to visit us and learn about our operation. Apparently Ayomi is
completely fascinated with what we do and how we do it. To quote Ayomi: “Your
frames make my art look better. I cannot get these frames in Japan”. I was, and
still am, simply, stunned.
So
here are some of the pics we took throughout the morning. Does it look like we
had some fun? Yes, we hit it off!
It
was so exciting to walk the plant with such craftspeople, interested in all the
details of our framing operation.
There
is always surprising art in the Print Department. Here is a giant archival
inkjet canvas fresh off the press that impressed our guests.
Ayomi
and her friend Laura were very interested in how we frame the pieces we print
from start to finish. Sandy demonstrates.
In
the stacks! It was a ‘hands on’ perusal of solid wood mouldings.
Here,
Emily demonstrates how wood frames are joined, first glued, then v-nailed, then
allowed to cure before receiving a final ‘frame shop finish’.
Details,
details. Ayomi and Bidou were interested in the sharpness of our corners, and
how frame components are packaged and labeled per order.
The mat board deparment is always entertaining! It’s easy to
become mesmerized with the speed and accuracy of the various mat board machines
as they magically produce precision cut products.
After
the tour we exchanged gifts. Presentation is a fine art in the Japanese
culture. Ayomi presented me with an exquisitely beautiful and delicious pastry
from Japan. I think it had about 6 layers of fine packaging, starting with the
beautiful box (which now sits on my desk).
In
turn, we presented Ayomi and her friends with our American
Frame aprons. She loved them and requested that we ship a quantity to her
in Japan for her assistants as they work on her installations.
Group
photo: Left to Right: Friends Laura Semba and Pat Tosseti, Ayomi’s husband
Bidou Yamaguchi, Artist and Guest of Honor, Ayomi Yoshida, me, my daughter Dana
Jajko (new AF Sales Associate), American Frame CFO my sister Dana Dunbar, and my
brother, AF Photographer Matt Mickel.
At
the end of our time together, Ayomi invited us to attend a lecture she is
giving at the Chicago Art institute on April 10. http://www.ayomi-yoshida.com/e/news/topics.cgi
Readers: Please join us if you’re in the area. Beyond that, we were also
invited to assist her on her next installation up in Minneapolis in the Fall of
2015. Yes, my sister Dana and I are going to be understudies! Bidou warned us:
she is a task master on the job. We would expect nothing less.
What a great story, Laura! Also, nice to see the ladies from AF out on the town. Tell them I said hi!
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