Description
Mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese method of woodblock printing, is an elegant, green, and low-tech process that works easily in a home studio and combines well with other printmaking methods. With its transparent waterborne pigments, which are applied with brushes and printed by hand, mokuhanga allows for soft and painterly relief prints.
This workshop will introduce all aspects of the process: transferring images to wooden blocks, carving with Japanese tools, using the Kento registration system, and printing with brushes and a baren. We will also focus on a few of the printing techniques particular to the Japanese method, especially how to create a bokashi (color gradation).
This workshop is suitable for beginners as well as students who have already taken a mokuhanga workshop and would like to sharpen their skills.
About the Instructor
He has a B.S. in Art Education from Tokyo Gakugei University and degrees in printmaking from New Mexico State University (MA) and Indiana University (MFA). He has taught printmaking and drawing since 1992, and until his retirement in 2022, served as a Professor of Printmaking at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Some of the public collections that include Yuji’s art are The British Museum, Tokyo Central Museum, Panstwowe Museum in Poland; The House of Humor and Satire in Bulgaria, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cleveland Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, New York Public Library, The Library of Congress and The Smithsonian’s Museum of Asian Art.
Materials List
You will need to bring:
Carving Tools: Basic 5-piece Mikisyo Powergrip Carving set (recommended)
X-Acto knife
Set of color pencil, ruler
Round watercolor brushes (medium & small)
Self healing cutting board (12″x18″)
Apron
IMAGE: 9″x7″ b/w high contrast drawing
Provided by instructors:
Inking brushes
Baren (hand printing tool)
Inking brushes
Printing papers
Newsprint
Color paints
Tracing & carbon papers
Sharpening stones