Valentine's Day E-tegami Workshop

Come and learn how to carve your own e-tegami signature stamp and design a Valentine stamp e-tegami!

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

E-tegami translates literally to “picture letter,” (e=picture, tegami= letter) and entails the process of designing, drawing, and sending a postcard. The final step in this process is figuring out where to place your signature. In Japan hanko (stamps) traditionally replace handwritten signatures, and for our postcards we use handmade eraser stamps.

In this special e-tegami workshop you will learn how to design and create your own eraser signature stamps to take home, and use for future e-tegami practice! Once your signature stamp is made, we will then proceed to make a Valentine’s themed e-tegami designed entirely from stamps!

As Danielle’s teacher once said, “In e-tegami, the red color of the stamp tightens the whole postcard, so it is very important.” Give yourself time to contemplate and make art — sign up to learn e-tegami today!

Can’t make it?—look out for our next workshop soon!

This class is aimed for adults, please contact our office if you would like to register your child for the workshop.

BIO:

Danielle Stolz (she/her) is currently a welder with previous experience in arts education. She learned the practice of e-tegami while living in Tokushima, Japan. For her, this process of 1. slowing down 2. observing 3. reflecting, is a way to connect to the land, its cycles (time), and ultimately her place within it (community). She is still penpals with her e-tegami teacher and classmates back in Japan. She looks forward to sharing this magical practice and creating an e-tegami community within Chicago. (instagram: @etegamichicago)