The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON-The Wenaha Gallery's upcoming Art Event features Denise Wagner of Kennewick, specializing in Japanese wrapped stones. This art form involves using Japanese knot and basketry techniques to wrap smooth stones with natural cane ribbonry. Wagner, a licensed home healthcare provider, was working at a retirement facility when she saw a gentleman wrapping stones. He noticed her interest and invited her to join him, and he would teach her the technique.

"We became fast friends, and we got together one evening in the activities room, and he taught me how to wrap my first stone," Wagner says....