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"Collecting Birch Sap" Original Woodblock Reduction print by Yumi Kawaguchi
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his is a reproduction print of woodblock titled "Collecting Birch Sap".
"Sap running in birch tree is one of the first signs of spring’s arrival in the northern forest in Alaska. We can only collect birch sap a couple of weeks when the sap starts running up the outer bark of the tree: usually soon after the evening temperature reaches above the freezing and before the leaves start to appear at the tips of the branches. (around the last week of April to early May in Fairbanks)
I look forward to collecting birch sap each spring and make birch syrup form the sap. I believe it helps rejuvenate us from the long harsh winter days that we go through, similar to how birch needs this sap to wake up from it’s dormant state. Drinking birch water wakes me up in many ways, too! (We call the sap we collected “birch water’ for it’s clarity.)
I put eyes on the saps to show that each drop of sap has energy that the birch needs to leaf out and to express the spirit of the forest. Saps are under ground, climbing up trees, and trapped in bottles.
There are also animals of the northern woods watching a girl and a dog as they walk through the woods to collect birch water." - Yumi Kawaguchi.
For creating original image, Yumi carved three Baltic Birch woodblocks and inked each block with Yellow, Red, and Violet ink and made this image with three layers of colors.
* Details:
- Reproduction of woodcut print
- Signed by artist
- Open edition
- Image size: approx 8" x 10"
- Select from framed or unframed options in the top menu
- Made in Fairbanks, Alaska
- Free Shipping
About the Artist: Yumi Kawaguchi
In 2001, Yumi came to Alaska as a student to study Wildlife Biology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. In 2006, she graduated with a degree, got married to someone with an incredible dog named Pierce, and has been living in Fairbanks ever since.
When Pierce slowed down with cancer, Yumi quit working in the field away from home and decided to stay with him and start making art. She started creating his prints as she tried to overcome the sadness of his passing in 2010. Yumi has been calling herself a Printmaker ever since. Pierce made her an artist.
Yumi creates art by hand pressing hand-carved woodblocks onto Japanese papers, Washi, through a traditional woodcut printmaking process. Each print is original with slight variations based on ink applications and multiple layers of different colors. Her art is inspired by nature and the wildlife she's witnessed over years of experience in the field working as well as many camping trips with her husband and their dogs.
Her favorite subjects are those that not many people recognize or have ever seen. She tries to share her observations, knowledge, and imagination to express both what she saw and felt in this incredible land in the far north.
Yumi creates prints to bring a smile to your daily life and to connect people to nature and wildlife in Alaska. She hopes you enjoy her art as much as she does.
"Sap running in birch tree is one of the first signs of spring’s arrival in the northern forest in Alaska. We can only collect birch sap a couple of weeks when the sap starts running up the outer bark of the tree: usually soon after the evening temperature reaches above the freezing and before the leaves start to appear at the tips of the branches. (around the last week of April to early May in Fairbanks)
I look forward to collecting birch sap each spring and make birch syrup form the sap. I believe it helps rejuvenate us from the long harsh winter days that we go through, similar to how birch needs this sap to wake up from it’s dormant state. Drinking birch water wakes me up in many ways, too! (We call the sap we collected “birch water’ for it’s clarity.)
I put eyes on the saps to show that each drop of sap has energy that the birch needs to leaf out and to express the spirit of the forest. Saps are under ground, climbing up trees, and trapped in bottles.
There are also animals of the northern woods watching a girl and a dog as they walk through the woods to collect birch water." - Yumi Kawaguchi.
For creating original image, Yumi carved three Baltic Birch woodblocks and inked each block with Yellow, Red, and Violet ink and made this image with three layers of colors.
* Details:
- Reproduction of woodcut print
- Signed by artist
- Open edition
- Image size: approx 8" x 10"
- Select from framed or unframed options in the top menu
- Made in Fairbanks, Alaska
- Free Shipping
About the Artist: Yumi Kawaguchi
In 2001, Yumi came to Alaska as a student to study Wildlife Biology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. In 2006, she graduated with a degree, got married to someone with an incredible dog named Pierce, and has been living in Fairbanks ever since.
When Pierce slowed down with cancer, Yumi quit working in the field away from home and decided to stay with him and start making art. She started creating his prints as she tried to overcome the sadness of his passing in 2010. Yumi has been calling herself a Printmaker ever since. Pierce made her an artist.
Yumi creates art by hand pressing hand-carved woodblocks onto Japanese papers, Washi, through a traditional woodcut printmaking process. Each print is original with slight variations based on ink applications and multiple layers of different colors. Her art is inspired by nature and the wildlife she's witnessed over years of experience in the field working as well as many camping trips with her husband and their dogs.
Her favorite subjects are those that not many people recognize or have ever seen. She tries to share her observations, knowledge, and imagination to express both what she saw and felt in this incredible land in the far north.
Yumi creates prints to bring a smile to your daily life and to connect people to nature and wildlife in Alaska. She hopes you enjoy her art as much as she does.
