'Visit to a Craftsman' series ...

• Mr. Shintaro Shimano - Block maker
• Mr. Kinzaburo Usui - Blacksmith
• Mr. Kikuo Gosho - Baren maker
• Mr. Keizaburo Matsuzaki - Printer
• Mr. Kazuo Yamaguchi - Paper maker
• Karigane-ya, Publisher
• Kaneko Shoten - Bamboo skin shop
• Mr. Isami Misawa - Paper sizer
• David Stones - Printmaker
• Mr. Akio Miyagawa - Brush maker
• Mr. Teruo Souma - Mulberry supplier
• Mr. Kazuyuki Matsuyoshi, pigment supplier
• A 'non-visit' ...
• Mr. Susumu Ito, carver
• The Toyo Bunko, research library
• Mr. Kenji Seki, Printer
• Two young craftsmen
• Return to Toyo Bunko ...
• Iwano-san's mother
• Two friends ...
• Mr. Matt Brown, Printmaker
• Mr. Shinkichi Numabe, Printer
• Mr. Peter Miller, Printmaker
• Mr. Hidehiko Goto, baren maker
• Mr. Motoharu Asaka, carver

History of my 'Hyakunin Isshu' Project ...

• Introduction to 'karuta'
• First sight of the original Shunsho book
• The first print ...
• Decision to make more ...
• 'hanshita' problems ...
• Meeting Matsuzaki-san
• Colours ...
• Starting the second print ...
• First media attention ...
• New collectors ...
• End of the first year ...
• First exhibition ...
• The next few years ... (to halfway)
• Letters from Collectors - Halfway!
• Thank you to Collectors - Halfway!
• Halfway - the 5th Exhibition Wrap-up ...

Exhibition and Annual Reports ...

• Exhibition Report - 1995
• Exhibition Report - 1996
• Exhibition Report - 1997
• Exhibition Report - 1998
• Messages from Collectors
• Final Exhibition Report - 1999
• Closing party ...

• First Surimono Exhibition - 2000
• Exhibition Report - 2001
• Takashimaya Department Store Exhibitions
• Exhibition Report - 2002
• Exhibition Report - 2003
• Higashi Matsuyama Exhibition
• Exhibition Report - 2004
• Sayonara Gallery Takano
• Annual Report 2003: I'm a Millionaire! ... not! ...
• Media Pickup 2004
• Exhibition Report - 2005
• Annual Report 2004 ...
• Media Pickup 2005
• Exhibition Report - 2006
• Annual Report 2005 ...
• Media Pickup 2006
• Exhibition Report - 2007
• Annual Report 2006 ...
• Doi-san's Exhibition
• Media Pickup 2007
• Exhibition Report - Time to Regroup
• Annual Report 2008 ...
• Exhibition 2010
• Annual Report 2009 ...
• Messages from Collectors
• Media and Annual Report 2010 ...
• Media and Annual Report 2011 ...

From Halifax to Hamura (Dave's little autobiography ...)

• Introducing the new story ...
• In the Beginning ...
• In England ...
• The move to Canada
• Elementary school ...
• Introduction to the flute ...
• High School years ...
• The youth orchestra ...
• University ...
• Guitar years ...
• Composition ...
• Off to England ...
• Meeting Will Bennett ...
• Summer camp ...
• Into the working world ...
• Symphony audition ...
• Hotel musician ...
• A few problems ...
• Conducting ...
• Flute building ...
• Bass guitar ...
• Back to work ...
• First computer ...
• Meeting Japanese prints ...
• The Skydiver ...
• Leaving Toronto ...
• Meeting my kids' mother ...
• First Printmaking ...
• Computer Programming ...
• Off to Japan!
• New Year in Japan
• Visiting a print publisher ...
• And another one ...
• Back to the music store ...
• Interlude ...
• First daughter ...
• Second trip to Japan ...
• Print publishing? ...
• Craft fairs ...
• The big decision ...
• The move to Japan

General stories on printmaking ...

• Preparing the 'hanshita' (tracing)
• Overall process
• Basic carving process
• Craftsmen's Association - a little bit about the men who still work as carvers and printers in the traditional way.
• Quiz Time! - a quiz on ten aspects of Japanese printmaking.
• Quiz Time! - answers - How did you do?
• Enjoying your Prints - (how to look at them ...)
• Enjoying your Prints - (how to take care of them ...)
• 'Day in the Life' of a Printmaker ...
• The 'Ears' have it ...
• Some tools ...
• A Printing Day
• Woodblock Dreams ... - a story about an incredible woodblock (in two parts)
• Woodblock Dreams (part 2) ...
• The Magic Library - my library of books on woodblock printmaking.
• Mission Impossible - the 'art' of making reproduction prints.
• I Hear Voices - my 'teachers' ...
• Chasing the Grail
• From Slav ... - a visitor to my workshop
• Mixed Roots - on the origins of the 'baren'
• Baren Summit - held in Kansas City ...
• To be a Printmaker - basket of skills ...
• Drowning in the sea of Possibilities
• Mr. A & Mr. B
• Dots and Lines
• 'My Solitudes', progress update
• Forgotten Beauty - Part one
• Forgotten Beauty - Part two
• Forgotten Beauty - Part three
• Forgotten Beauty - Part four
• Forgotten Beauty - Part five
• Your First Print - New eBook published
• Forgotten Beauty - Part six
• David's Choice - New eBook published
• Size Matters - Beginning to do my own sizing ...
• Living in the Long Tail - Photo tour of 'my place'
• Around the Block - some special woodblocks ...
• Around the Block - feedback ...
• A Knife with a Message
• Mystique Series Update
• Mystique Series Finished!
• 'Arts of Japan' starts ...
• Woodwork ...

Essay Corner

• Okunono - The Farthest Fields ... - a visit to the farm where my childrens' Japanese grandfather lived and worked.
• 'Shokunin' vs Craftsman - Western and Japanese craftsmen - how similar, how different ...
• 'Seditious Beauty' - Ukiyo-e prints and society.
• The Neighbourhood we all Share
• Golden Age
• The Autumn Leaves
• All Together Now
• 'Exotic' Shinjuku
• Take a Deep Breath
• Just like you, Just like me
• Wooden School
• Fill in the Blank ...
• Booking a Trip
• Cultivating a Satisfying Life
• Traditional Craft, Crisis, or ...?
• In the Manner of ...
• Fireflies ...

Mokuhankan

• New Staff ...
• Tasty Printmaking!
• Mokuhankan Partners
• Senshafuda Update
• A Printer's Debut
• Why Mokuhankan?
• Mokuhankan Tools
• Ukiyoe Heroes
• Ukiyoe Heroes - update
• Chibi Heroes
• Mokuhankan Staff Introductions

Collector Profiles

• Cho-san the Baker
• Mr. Iwao Yamashita
• Ms. 'Becky' Marck
• Tomoko Kawanaka
• The Kamata family
• Mr. Shigeyoshi Ushiro
• Mr. Seizaburo Kanai
• Mr. and Mrs. Karube
• Mr. and Mrs. LaCoss
• Atomi University Library
• Mr. and Mrs. Bunji Shimada
• Mr. and Mrs. Iwao Tsuburaya
• Mr. and Mrs. Fusahiko Tanaka
• Dr. and Mrs. Ryo Sugimori
• Mr. Masakatsu Yamamoto
• Mr. Masanobu Seki
• Mrs. Kiyoko Yokota
• Kato-sensei
• Mr. Julio Rodriguez
• Mr. Tomoo Asahi
• Mr. and Mrs. Oba
• Mr. Takeshi Udagawa
• Mrs. Yumie Tomita
• Mr. and Mrs. Shoji Hiroe
• Mr. Yutaka Karasawa
• Mr. Toshikazu Doi
• Ms. Jeannette Ohmae
• Mr. Takahisa Matsui
• Mrs. Yoko Tauchi
• Mr. Marc Kahn

Sadako's Corner

• Canadian Gardens
• Another View
• Hot Water Bottle
• On Rota
• "Nice Greenery"
• Dinner
• Twilight Years
• "What for? Why?"
• Live long and ...
• Moonlit Nights ...
• Viewpoints ...
• Tastes of Hong Kong ...
• Tastes Differ ...
• Lucky Lady ...
• Successful Life? ...
• Fashionable Dave ...
• Flexibility and Consistency
• Summer Lethargy
• My Inner Furnace
• Short Time Travels
• Digesting Knowledge
• Pleasures of Travel - Shanghai
• David's Wife ... ???
• 'Words'
• 'Deodorizing'
• Mayonnaise
• Taxes
• Things come around ...
• Regrettable? ...
• Learning from Mistakes
• Nora
• Body and Mind
• Farewell
• Wine Glasses
• Spring
• It's Hot!
• Traditions!
• New Year Cards
• Hobbies
• Saving Electricity
• Saving Electricity (2)
• Resistance is Futile?
• Mannerisms
• Who is She?

David's Choice

• David's Choice 2005 - Part 1
• David's Choice 2005 - Part 2
• David's Choice 2005 - Part 3
• David's Choice 2005 - Part 4

Studio Diary

• Studio Construction Introduction
• Construction Begins
• First Framing
• Windows
• Floor and Printing Alcove
• First real work!
• Wall insulation
• Plastering ...
• Ceiling ...
• Ceiling insulation ...
• Insulation nearly finished!
• Room to Grow

Miscellaneous ...

• Poets 10 by 10 - explains how and why I split the 'Hyakunin-isshu' up into ten sets of ten.
• Overseas demonstrations - visiting America to give printmaking demonstrations
• From Readers ...
• Odds and Ends
• Shunsho's Original Book - a short explanation of the first two editions of the book.
• Visas, Visas, Visas ... - the 'evolution' of my visa status in Japan.
• Family interlude ...
• Another family interlude ...
• Regrets: Hokusai's 100 Views ...
• Messages from Canada
• A New World - my work goes on the internet.
• End of the Beginning - the end of work on the 100 Poets series ...
• Introducing the Surimono Albums ... and the beginning of work on the new series.
• Messages from Canada
• Space to live ... - running out of room in my little apartment.
• Flood of Friendship - a 'silver lining' story.
• Overseas demonstrations ... in Canada
• On the Move! - the new house ...
• 'Dear Himi' - letter for my daughter.
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Family Update ...
• Introducing the 'Beauties of Four Seasons'
• More Frequently Asked Questions
• Introducing the 'Hanga Treasure Chest'
• News 'At Random'
• Let's Take a Walk!
• Family Update - my new grandson!
• New project for 2007 ~
• Scroll Project Wrapup
• Family News - visit to Vancouver
• 'My Solitudes' - Up and Running!
• 'A Story A Week' Update ...
• Family News - visit to Vancouver
• Family Update - Annual Get-together
• Milestone - the house is mine!
• YouTube - the new channel
• Visitors - nearby wildlife ...