Join us to celebrate the opening of Yuko Nishikawa’s Aki-Zakura at YS.

Aki-Zakura means fall cherry blossoms in Japanese. 

“Aki-Zakura is an installation of mobiles made with paper pulp clay I formulate from used paper collected from artists and photographers in my Brooklyn studio building. These mobiles are lightweight and airy, and make slow turns in response to us when we walk by them and stir the air. The rich colors and the oatmeal-cookie like textures are particular to the process I use to make this air dry clay. The colors come directly from the colors of the donated paper, there are no added paints or pigments. To produce additional colors, I mix multiple papers the way I would mix paints.” Yuko Nishikawa

This event runs concurrently with the Yellow Monkey Village Market taking place right outside on the lawn at Yellow Monkey Village. Come for the opening reception and also enjoy checking out the market – 35 local vendors and artisans won’t disappoint. Yellow Studio + The Smokestack will have a table, come visit us!