Here, in reverse chronological order, are recent works using the traditional method of moku hanga--Japanese woodblock printing. These works have all been printed by hand, using a baren, from multiple blocks--usually one for each color. Each is an "original print"--there are subtle variations from print to print and the color quality of the pigment, which is driven into the paper during hand printing--can not be matched with mechanical reproductions.
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| What if I'm not ready? (Plum Blossoms) 2019 |
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| Stub. 2019 |
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| Year of the Boar 2019 |
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| Year of the Dog (Bosco) 2018 |
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| Wedge (brown) 2018 |
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| Wedge 2018 |
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| Mons Veneris 2016 |
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| Year of the Monkey, 7 blocks; Magnani incisioni paper. 2016. |
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| Boteh 2015 |
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| Thorn bug, 2015 |
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| Burden |
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| Narcissus, 2015 |
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| Enamel Metaphor, 2013 |
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| Fulcrum, 2013 |
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Thank you for sharing your work. I am just about to start a Mokuhanga, after three years of ‘thinking’ about doing one after doing a course on it. Reading your blogs helps me fill in what I think I was missing. I don’t need to know what I want to do so much as acknowledge my journey and apply it to my prints, whatever the subject matter.
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