Spring Chickadees

$110.00 at de Young Museum.

Artist Yoshiko Yamamoto is a self-taught block-printmaker who strives always to fuse Japanese design sensibility with fine craftsmanship. Several years ago, Nawal Motawi, a longtime admirer of Yoshiko's work, approached her for a collaboration. Motawi thought Yamamoto's bold prints would work well as a raised-line tile design. She was right. Yamamoto's graceful, swaying scenes brought the clay to life. Motawi tiles are made with a custom mix of clays and pressed from original plaster molds. Every tile is…