Workshop: Memory Keeping

Zine-making workshop inspired by the exhibition Living Tattoo Traditions American Irezumi and Beyond
Thursday, 11/6/2025
6:00 - 7:30
Skylight Gallery - 6th Floor
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

In this workshop led by local artist and educator, Edie Trautwein, participants are invited to explore the rich imagery, diversity and significance of living irezumi tattoo practices through interpretive zine making. There will be two different types of zines to make; one zine will highlight traditional motifs found in irezumi tattoos drawn from Japanese folklore, and another zine will focus on the techniques of tattooing, drawing on the interviews with tattoo artists in the exhibition, and the relationship between ink, memory and the body. 

Participants will be provided with zine making supplies, including pre-printed zine outlines, pens, crayons and glue sticks to illustrate and collage, and printed examples of irezumi tattoos from the exhibition, which will credit the respective artists. 

The goal of the workshop is to encourage visitors to connect the storytelling aspect of irezumi tattoos with zines, using the medium as a way to interpret and explore cross-cultural practice through identity and experience.

 

Edit Trautwein’s Fish Juice is a multimedia zine and video project by artist Edie Trautwein (they/she). Since starting Fish Juice in 2022, Trautwein has published over 30 zines in a variety of styles and content. They previously led zine workshops at UC Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, and ICA San Francisco, and have exhibited at the San Francisco Art Book Fair, LA and SF Zine Fest, and Off Register Santa Barbara. Fish Juice zines can be found at independent bookstores in Los Angeles, Arizona, and throughout San Francisco. 

Connect: 

Edie Trautwein Website | Fish Juice Instagram

 


 

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