tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post7244517632961407501..comments2024-03-03T07:00:16.912-08:00Comments on LACRIME Di ROSPO: Good Enough? Common moku hanga printing errors.Andrew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02184272649874888854noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-49084844642027329272018-07-26T16:55:12.253-07:002018-07-26T16:55:12.253-07:00It's hard to print on thin papers and 25g is V...It's hard to print on thin papers and 25g is VERY thin. At the least, you'll need to let them rest in the damp pack between colors to even out the moisture as with thin papers there is no place for the color to go if the paper is too saturated with moisture. Thin, barely perceptible layers of color are better, if there's too much: water or paste or pigment, it will fill in all your detail and print messy. I recommend adding the paste to the block along with the dabs of pigment and brushing them out together and make sure you've printed a good 5-10 ugly copies to get brush and block primed. Try showing a picture of an area and it's easier to say what might be the issue?Andrew Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184272649874888854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-58570470391194595622018-07-23T14:17:17.261-07:002018-07-23T14:17:17.261-07:00I'm struggling with the correct consistency of...I'm struggling with the correct consistency of the watercolor and nor I paste. I alternately put my nori in the watercolor before applying or putting it on the plate after the color. Also have plates with a lot of detail and find coloring gets very sloppy. Just learned the color should be pasty but I guess not too dry. I'm a rank beginner at mokuhanga but am very determined. Also my mulberry paper is very thin. O think 25gsm. What paper do you recommend?mvidiborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799910321115160228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-21038038877150194432015-02-21T05:08:04.821-08:002015-02-21T05:08:04.821-08:00Very good, thank you for this!
Lovely work!Very good, thank you for this!<br /><br />Lovely work!Cas.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-50059782471944070372014-01-01T08:37:54.871-08:002014-01-01T08:37:54.871-08:00Great info, starting my first woodblock class next...Great info, starting my first woodblock class next week. when you get it "good enough" it is really perfection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-54571716966994886242013-11-26T10:43:27.896-08:002013-11-26T10:43:27.896-08:00Thanks, this is really useful... I have all these ...Thanks, this is really useful... I have all these issues with my prints as well, and I think I agree with what has to be "fatal" for a print--double printed keyblock, or an obvious incongruent ink blob. I tend to print with too much ink and water...especially water. Its amazing how hard it is to break bad printing habits! Somehow I keep blotting the inevitable blobs instead of getting more control over pigment/water ratio. <br />Jenniferhttp://www.jenniferworsley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-69031301496852962322013-11-26T03:37:04.027-08:002013-11-26T03:37:04.027-08:00Great post! Good enough? Yes! Excellent!Great post! Good enough? Yes! Excellent!Turtlemoonimpressionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178649128269650377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679129902142993265.post-52776261194486733642013-11-25T14:46:58.310-08:002013-11-25T14:46:58.310-08:00There is probably also too much size in the paper ...There is probably also too much size in the paper of the last illustration. This shows up in the additional mottling in the right-hand, upper half of the gray mass tone. In this case it looks great, as it accentuates the "goma zuri", speckled effect I was after.Andrew Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184272649874888854noreply@blogger.com