Lauren Nishizaki Designs

These original linocut blockprints are all handcarved and handprinted by artist Lauren Nishizaki.

Black and white illustration of a boar sitting under a maple tree. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Boar & Maple
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a dog under a daimyo oak tree. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Dog & Daimyo Oak
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a dragon curled around rocks and a pine tree. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Dragon & Pine
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a horse under wisteria vines. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Horse & Wisteria
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a monkey sitting in a persimmon tree. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Monkey & Persimmon
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a ox standing amongst susuki grass. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Ox & Susuki Grass
$85.00
Limited edition
A white vertical rectangular paper depicting two red and white koi swimming below the rippled surface of a pond, with many green lily pads growing out of the water. The print sits on top of a rumpled grey fabric backdrop.
Koi Pond
$105.00
Limited edition
Three overlapping square prints of sunflowers. The right-most is yellow and brown with black outlines, printed on white paper. The middle and left are printed in white ink with black lines on green and pale brown paper, respectively. The prints are on top of rumpled black and blue striped fabric.
Sunflower
$60.00
Art for a cause
A rectangular print sits on top of crumpled dark navy fabric with light-colored checks. The print depicts an orange paper lantern with two chidori flying across the face towards the left. The lantern is drawn in sketchy lines to depict motion. The print is signed along the bottom edge.
Alight
$40.00
Art for a cause
Limited edition
A black and white blockprint of a rabbit underneath a camellia bush with blossoms. The edges of the paper are hand-torn, and the print sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Rabbit & Camellia
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a rat standing in a cherry tree gazing at cherry blossoms. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Rat & Cherry
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a rooster in a ginkgo tree. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Rooster & Ginkgo
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a sheep amogst hydrangea bushes. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Sheep & Hydrangea
$85.00
Limited edition
A black and white blockprint of a snake sitting coiled up on a rock, surrounded by irises in bloom. The edges of the paper are deckled and hand-torn, and the print sits on top of a backdrop of rumpled striped fabric.
Snake & Iris
$85.00
Limited edition
Black and white illustration of a tiger amongst bamboo. The white paper sits on top of rumpled blue striped fabric.
Tiger & Bamboo
$85.00
Limited edition
A rectangular print on light brown paper, depicting an egg-shaped Japanese daruma doll in red, and an all-over geometric background pattern. A Japanese kanji character meaning good fortune is in the top right.
Daruma
$40.00
A square piece of paper depicting a taiyaki - a yellow/orange fish shape seen side-on, looking to the right. The print is signed in the bottom left corner. The print sits on crumpled navy fabric with light-colored checks.
Taiyaki II
$50.00
Limited edition
A pink and green print of a Japanese mochi dessert, printed using simple block shapes on thick cream colored paper. The print is labelled on the bottom right edge with the artist initials LN and the edition number 1/100. The paper has rough textured edges (the top edge of the print is a deckle edge). The print lies on top of a geometric navy piece of fabric.
Sakura Mochi
$50.00
Limited edition
A square piece of paper depicting a kashiwa mochi - a white ball wrapped in an olive green oak leaf. The print is signed in the bottom right corner. The print sits on crumpled dark navy fabric with light-colored checks.
Kashiwa Mochi
$50.00
Limited edition
A square piece of paper depicting two overlapping dorayaki. Each dorayaki is printed in yellow, orange-brown, and dark brown, and are suspended in the air. The print sits on crumpled dark navy fabric with light-colored checks. The print is signed in the bottom right corner.
Dorayaki
$50.00
Limited edition
A square print on top of rumpled navy fabric with light colored X's. The print is done in three colors and depicts two brown skewers each containing two mochi balls, covered in a yellow-orange sauce. The print is signed in the bottom right corner with 'LN 1/100'.
Mitarashi Dango
$50.00
Limited edition
A white square print depicting fluffy clouds, a pointy double mountain peak, and conifers in stark black. The paper sits above rumpled blue and black striped fabric.
PNW Vignette 1: Mountain Peak
$30.00
A square white print depicting clouds, a ragged ridgeline, trees, and the surface of a lake, using black. The paper sits above rumpled blue and black fabric.
PNW Vignette 2: Mountain Lake
$30.00
A highly textured black and white depiction of Mt. Index with clouds behind the mountain and trees in the foreground. The design is depicted in black ink on white paper, and the paper sits above dark rumpled fabric.
PNW Vignette 3: Mt. Index
$30.00
A black-and-white print of a canada jay sitting on a tree branch. The print is on white paper that sits above dark rumpled fabric.
PNW Vignette 4: Canada Jay
$30.00
A black and white depiction of a pike crouched amongst granite bolders. The image is printed in black ink, and the white paper sits above a rumpled fabric backdrop.
PNW Vignette 5: Pika
$30.00
A black and white print depicting the Space Needle and downtown Seattle skyline, with Mt Rainier rising in the distance. The print is on white paper, and sits above dark rumpled fabric.
PNW Vignette 6: From Kerry Park
$30.00
A brown rectangular print depicting 9 black and white Humboldt penguins (penguins with black-spotted bellies) standing at different heights on a rock. Behind them, the sky is colored blue and looks like its made from brushstrokes. The print sits on top of a rumpled piece of dark fabric.
Humboldt Huddle
$60.00
Limited edition
Three overlapping prints of butterflies on white paper, sitting on top of rumpled black and blue fabric. The butterfly at top left is magenta on white paper; top right is cyan on white paper; bottom left is white on black paper. All butterflies are in a geometric style, comprised of overlapping triangles printed with different ink density.
Folded Lepidoptera
$40.00
Bamboo
$50.00
Two vibrantly colored koinobori prints on white paper, overlapping. The top print is a blue fish; the bottom print is an orange/pink fish.
Koinobori
$50.00
Limited editions
Two vibrantly colored baking-themed prints on white paper, overlapping. The top print has golden yellow appliances with baby blue shadows; the bottom print has red appliances with grey shadows.
Baking Aftermath
$50.00
Limited editions
Two prints, one overlaid on the other. The top one is a smaller rectangle with a continuous-line depiction of a persimmon. The bottom print is square with the same persimmon and a colored background.
Persimmon
$25.00+
Limited editions
A 2-color print of a swan splashing on the surface of a lake as it takes off. The swan's wings are spread and the water and water spray are depicted using the uninked white paper. The sky is a blue-to-light blue gradient. The edges of the print are fuzzy and the print sits above a dark rumpled piece of fabric.
Takeoff
$40.00
Limited edition
A print of a black and white sheep standing on grass within a black border, printed on white paper; the background of the scene has horizontal chatter (ink streaks).
Scottish Blackface Sheep
$50.00
Limited edition
Three overlapping square prints on white paper, each depicting a stylized rectangle of knit stitches. The stitches are printed in black and white with a black border, and the background is yellow.
Swatch
$30.00
A vertical print in black ink on white paper, with textured paper edges. The printed area forms a square, with a 2x2 grid of different stitches. The top right quadrant is of garter stitch, with defined horizontal rows. The bottom right quadrant has repeating nested V-shapes. The bottom left quadrant is of seed stitch, with a checkerboard of light and dark stitches. The top left quadrant has horizontal marks.
Knit Study No. 1
$50.00
Limited edition
A rectangular rendering of a type of twill weave cloth, depicted in black and white ink. The black ink shows the outline of threads, and white ink is used to color threads traveling in the up-and-down direction. The image has a black border and is printed on tan paper; the artwork is numbered, labeled, and signed along the bottom edge of the print.
Twill Weave
$45.00
Limited edition
A 2x3 grid of 6 square prints on a green backdrop; each has black and white illustrations of mountains and critters
PNW Vignettes: Series
$150.00$180.00
A print depicting a hippo standing in front of a pastel background scene of a river and trees. The hippo image is centered within a square sheet of textured off-white paper. At the bottom of the image is written the edition number 2/23, the title Harriet, and the artist's signature and date, L. Nishizaki 2021.
Harriet
$55.00
Limited edition
A single taiyaki print on light tan paper, depicted in brown with a pale blue grey background decorated with a sashiko stitch pattern. The print sits on top of an artfully crumpled grey piece of cloth.
Taiyaki
$30.00
Limited edition