Leyah Li

I majored in art and design as an undergraduate, and in art therapy and education in graduate school. I then became an art therapist for a brief moment before spending most of my time raising two daughters and one son. But I have never stopped making things.Soon, I had an Etsy shop making sock puppets in the early Etsy years and was featured a few times on their front page. I also did business etiquette coaching and culture/language teaching part-time while raising my children.I ran a small letterpress studio for three years in Beijing when my girls were younger. With my talented friends, we would do workshops in my studio, including tassel making, flower arrangement, book binding, etc.My little studio was recognized by so many and was on national TV and in newspapers. Now my daughters are old enough for college and I am starting this new studio for myself because I still want to make things, and I want to make things together with friends old and new. I am creating a space for friends to spend time together and enjoy colors, textures and stories.