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  • Bloedel Guest House

    Bloedel Guest House

    20256″x8″” image on 11″x14″ kitakata paper edition of 4mokuhanga woodcut A woodcut of the Bloedel guest house. This print depicts the play of light and shadow through the shoji screens and on the sand of the house and garden. It imagines a guest walking through the space when the house was freshly built.The image was… Continue reading

  • Sand and Stone Garden

    Sand and Stone Garden

    2025 State 1: 6″x8″” washi paper edition of 6State 1: 6″x8″” BFK Rives paper edition of 5 mokuhanga woodcut A woodcut study of the Sand and Stone Garden at the Bloedel guest house. This study explores the play of shadow across the sand. This image exists in two states. The first is a single layer… Continue reading

  • Guest House with Figure

    Guest House with Figure

    20256″x8″” kitakata paper edition of 5mokuhanga woodcut A woodcut study of the shoji screens of the Bloedel guest house. This study explores the play of light and shadow through multiple layers of shoji screens. The Japanese gardens at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington were created by Fujitaro Kubota in 1956. In 1961 Paul Hayden… Continue reading

  • Guest House Study I

    Guest House Study I

    20256″x8″” kitakata paper edition of 6mokuhanga woodcut A woodcut study of the porch of the Bloedel guest house. The image is printed from a single block with bokashi inking techniques. The Japanese gardens at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington were created by Fujitaro Kubota in 1956. In 1961 Paul Hayden Kirk designed th eaccompanying… Continue reading

  • Leaf

    Leaf

    20258″x8″” Magnani paper edition of 5mokuhanga woodcut with gold leaf A woodcut of a leaf floating on water, enhanced with gold leaf. From the Bloedel Community Creatives 2025 residency. Shown atSugarwall Gallery Continue reading

  • Poppies

    Poppies

    20254″x4″ washi paperopen variable editionWhiteline woodcut A woodcut of poppies, carved and inked in the whiteline method. From the Bloedel Community Creatives 2025 residency. Shown atSugarwall Gallery Continue reading

  • Rosehip

    Rosehip

    20254″x4″ washi paperopen variable editionWhiteline woodcut A woodcut of a rosehip, carved and inked in the whiteline method. From the Bloedel Community Creatives 2025 residency. Shown atSugarwall Gallery Continue reading

  • Dragonfly

    Dragonfly

    20254″x4″ washi paperopen editionMokuhanga woodcut A woodcut of a dragonfly. From the Bloedel Community Creatives 2025 residency. Shown atSugarwall Gallery Continue reading

  • Light Through Leaves

    Light Through Leaves

    20258″x6″ washi paperedition of 8Mokuhanga reduction woodcut A reduction woodcut exploring the play of light through leaves on a tree. From the Bloedel Community Creatives 2025 residency. Shown atSugarwall Gallery Continue reading

  • Vase 24-13

    Vase 24-13

    20248″x10″ kitakata paperopen editionMokuhanga woodcut A study of a vase. Rendered in five layers. From a vessel series. Shown atLan Su Chinese GardenSugarwall Gallery Continue reading

About Me

Amanda is a Seattle based artist. She draws on her life experience to create works on paper exploring memory, nostalgia and landscapes of the mind.


Showing the 2nd Friday of each month
at Sugarwall Gallery
in the Greenwood Art Collective
8537 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103

For availability of my work or other inquiries, please email amandamdanford@gmail.com