Kids Learn Japanese Print Art at Library

Grace Larsen, 9, looks at her first printed impression of a starfish. Photos by Sarah Brown

The Sweet Home Public Library invited children to try their hand at gyotaku, a traditional form of Japanese printmaking, on April 4.

Between interruptions from restless, curious and talkative little ones, Program Coordinator Kelsie Szeszulski, of Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub, told her guests at the library what gyotaku is and why it was important in Japanese culture.

Teddy Stephenson, 5, looks at his first gyotaku of a stingray.

Translated as “fish printing,” gyotaku was used by…

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