aki yamamoto
Our Wooden Spoons, ladles & Salad Bowls are handcrafted
by Aki Yamamoto who also creates the distinctive Cariboo Blades knife & tool sheaths.
She creates a range of wearable and decorative art,
drawings, prints, paintings and greeting cards.
"BlueTree" Watercolour & ink
"Horsepower", acrylic & tissue, monoprint
#1 collographs #2
Aki lives with her partner and son in the isolated boreal forest on the edge of the Chilcotin plateau, British Columbia. She draws, carves, takes photographs, paints and prints, drawing inspiration from the changing landscape that surrounds her.
They are committed to living justly and sustainably.
Pine, spruce, Douglas fir and aspen. A landscape changing.
Woodblock prints #2
Aki's variety and series of handmade cards are available.
lush lichen
fog
moose skull
a walk in the fog
Click on the image to view more.
Some of Aki's wood carvings. The Pit Heads
I watched a tiny spider
Scurry across our rural road
Leaving no visible tracks
On the freshly fallen snow
It stopped at the edge of a sudden crevass
Left just moments before by our dog
Walking beside me
The spider hesitated
Then dropped into the abyss
Scrambled about the toe holes
Then back up to the surface
On the same side
The wrong side. A pause
The spider dropped back
Into the crevass
Scrambled about the toe holes
This time she crawled up the other side
And continued on her way
Leaving no visible tracks
On the freshly fallen snow
"A Forest Falls...Swamped". May 3rd through to May 31st.
At the Station House Gallery, Williams Lake, British Columbia.
