Moku hanga printmaking

I (Shirley) have been on a trip to Tokyo to attend a five day Mokuhanga course (Japanese Woodblock) and to meet with a few of our suppliers. I have never been anywhere like Tokyo before so it was an experience on lots of different levels. I have been lucky enough to attend a couple of … Continue reading "Mokuhanga in Tokyo!"

I started out my attempt to learn how to create a color gradation in moku hanga, by reading the method described in The Art and Craft of Woodblock Prinmaking. I started the process by moistening th…

The Process - How a woodblock print is made Japanese woodblock printmaking, moku (wood) hanga (print), is distinguished from other printmaking techniques by the simplicity of material involved in its creation. Wood, water, paper, pigment, paste, and simple carving and rubbing implements are all

Elizabeth Forrest | moku hanga /Japanese wood block print

I have always liked the idea of having a tree planted in honor of a loved one. I feel something spiritual in the presence of trees. Something about the rustle of the leaves in the wind and the sway…

Printmaking: Intaglio - Woodblock - Screen printing: Eva Pietzcker presents her art work (intaglio, woodblock and screen prints) and the process of printmaking.

This summer I had the pleasure of taking a Japanese woodblock printing course. Moku Hanga ... Moku meaning wood and Hanga, print or graphic. I have been enamored for many years with images from Crown Point Press particularly Wayne Thiebaud's color woodblocks. They look like watercolors and I could not, for the life of me, figure out how it was done... until now. American or Western style woodblock printing uses brayers to roll a coating of ink onto the block which results in a very solid…

Woodblock print on paper; 21 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. Tamami Shima was born in 1937 in Hirosaki, Aomori prefecture. She was a graduate of the Women's College of Fine Arts (Tokyo) in 1958. Her work was promoted in the West after she received a travel grant from the College Women's Association of Japan in 1962. Shima's designs are notable for their use of texture, and especially for her striking use of various woodgrain patterns within a single image. Her prints from the 1960s often feature rhythmic…

While mokuhanga, literally meaning woodblock print, has roots in 19th c Japan, printmaking artists apply this traditional medium to contemporary approaches to art making.

This started out as something totally different, and ended up as a block from which I could pull several different prints. I'm going to use it for both a small printed notecard exchange and as a demo block on Friday. It's a tiny little print... 1.5" by 3.25" and it's printed with Akua Kolor on Ktakata and Sekishu, and carved from a piece of birch faced plywood.