Andrew Crawford

This stylized turtle from Japanese heraldry was made by screen printing a flour resist paste onto Japanese kozo bark paper, applying dye thickened with carrageenen, then washing off the paste after setting the dye. This is loosely based on a Japanese textile dying technique called katazome.

Original 3-color silk screen printed t-shirt design for Arizona Aikido. Saguaro Waza is a bi-lingual pun. Suwari waza refers to techniques performed from seiza (a seated/kneeling position). Saguaro waza would be techniques performed by the iconic cactus of the Southwestern United States of America. The blended yellow and red colors of the text also evoke the Arizona sun.

Blended color (green and black) silkscreen print of the Japanese kanji for shugyo (“austere training”) on paper. 10″ by 5.25″. This was a practice print for a run of t-shirts with the design printed on the (wearer’s) left side of the chest. Based on original kanji by Sensei Tsuneji Sakakibara.

Blended color (blue and black) silkscreen print of the Japanese kanji for shugyo (“austere training”) on paper. 10″ by 5.25″. This was a practice print for a run of t-shirts with the design printed on the (wearer’s) left side of the chest. Based on original kanji by Sensei Tsuneji Sakakibara.

Blended color (grey and black) silkscreen print of the Japanese kanji for aikido (a martial art) on paper. 9.5″ by 4″. This was a practice print for a run of t-shirts with the design printed on the (wearer’s) left side of the chest.

Blended color (red or grey and black) silkscreen print of the Japanese kanji for aikido (a martial art) on paper. 9.5″ by 4″. This was a practice print for a run of t-shirts with the design printed on the (wearer’s) left side of the chest.

Stylized Japanese samurai taken from unattributed period artwork, 4-color silk screen print with tight registration on paper done on a bespoke single screen/station rig. 9.5″ by 8″.