We bring people together by using old printing presses to amplify new voices, share knowledge, and spark creativity.
Born and raised in Tokyo, Yoshiko Yamamoto first studied sculpture at Tama Art University in Japan. After moving to California, she studied classical music and modern Japanese history at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1996, she founded The Arts & Crafts Press with her husband, Bruce Smith, and taught herself the crafts of letterpress and block printing. For her limited edition linoleum block prints, Yoshiko uses the flora and fauna she finds either in America or Japan – anything from fir trees to heron, or koi fish to crickets, and creates them using up to 20 blocks, each with a different color. She has her printing studio in Tacoma.