Maschinen Krieger in the US!

May 4th to the 6th , 2006

The COMPOUND GALLERY exhibited Yokoyama-sensei's artwork from May 4th to the 29th, in Portland, Oregon!

Kow Yokoyama's visit to the USA was from May 4th - 6th, 2006

Lisa and I were honored to attend the Reception on the 4th and the Signing on the 5th!

Here's Yokoyama-sensei imparting some wisdom, and telling me to save my money!

Mrs. Yokoyama was taking photos of her Blythe doll :)

The gallery, before opening.

T-shirts for sale!

The crowd starts gathering.

Many people interested in Yokoyama-san's original sketches.

This guy has a SAFS tattoo!!

And got his hand signed by Kow.

Yokoyama-san and that crazy-obsessive guy from America (me)!

Lisa and I gave the Yokoyamas some chocolate from Baltimore, and a sketchbook. This became the gallery's message book - complete with drawing on the cover!

Dr. TaK got his snowman personalized, with cow markings and "Cow" signature (more on this in a few).

Dr. TaK, pleased as can be!

The Maker's Mark.

Even the camera had unit markings :-P

Yokoyama-sensei and Sekiguchi-san hang out with some of the locals. They were very personable, as was Takeshi-san, who is the resident MaK expert! It was a great reception, and we want to thank Katsu for making this all possible!

The next day, we headed back into town to interview Kow, and later that night attended the book signing.

Lisa was adorable :)

From left to right: Takeshi-san (Oichan!), me, Dr TaK, Yokoyama-sensei, and Sekiguchi-san. Sekiguchi-san is the editor for Model Graphix and also runs Model Kasten - can you believe it?!

Yokoyama-sensei draws on my SAFS.

He also made a Cow SAFS for Bryan! Here's the joke behind this - You pronounce Kow's name "Koh", not "Cow"... but we're silly Americans, and some of us have been saying "Cow" for years and years, and it'e become a sort of inside joke. It was also referenced in Bryan's parody of a MaK get together, which can be seen HERE. It's good stuff.

A few more MaK board members made the trek - Faust came from Seattle, and was up for almost 30 hours. Ryan flew from Minneapolis, and got a gorgeous Falke drawing!

Lisa had our Coco Kitty immortalized in a SAFS - it's amazing!

Here's another gem - the Wacom pen that Yokoyama-sensei has customized. This pen has produced a lot of amazing art!! I got to hold it!

And our final photo - the brush in the hand of the master! Wooo!