A visit to the Arts and Crafts Press – Bruce Smith and Yoshiko Yamamoto
A visit with my friends Bruce and Yoshiko Smith I drove up to Port Orchard, Washington to visit with my friends Bruce and Yoshiko Smith. I brought an offering of brilliant yellow and orange tulips. While Yoshiko placed them in a hand crafted vase, Bruce took me on a tour of the studio. Bruce and Yoshiko are living their Arts and Crafts values with heart and soul. As Bruce showed me the Arts and Crafts Press print shop, their apprentice, Ryan Rodel*, tended to the letterpress printing press as it clattered through a short run of one of Yoshiko's original note card designs. Bruce told the tale...
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