![]() The delicate process that applies to drawing the design, carving, and printing are very time consuming and, thus, leads to the ultimate decision of making limited editions. Since my stay in Japan, I have been working exclusively in this traditional Mokuhanga technique. Recently, I have been using Japanese kozo paper, 90 gram. The choice of paper is very important for me. The printing sessions are all done by hand with a bamboo baren. Also, this technique does not need a printing press. The working space does not have to be big. Mokuhanga is a flexible and non-toxic method to make prints. After that, the second collaboration woodblock project 'Spring is Here' was finished in 2007. It was in the same period that I got the opportunity to make a collaboration project together with artist and printmaker Masahiro Takade called ' The Nagasawa Bird'. Paper-making was taught by Yoshiharu Okuda from Awaji-island. The teachers were highly skilled, like the master printer Tadashi Toda, the carver Shunzo Matsuda, both from Kyoto, and Kyoko Sakamoto, from Nagoya University of Art. I not only changed from working in the technique of silkscreen printing, but also gradually changed my expression in art. ![]() The opportunity to learn this old printing technique has had a big impact on me. The studio was situated high in the hills of Awaji-island south of Kobe. Together with 5 other international artists, I worked and studied in the studio of Nagasawa Heights, for two months. My enduring love of mokuhanga began in the year of 2000 when I got the unique chance to take part in the Nagasawa Art-Park, Artist in Residence program, founded by Keiko Kadota. Further examples, from the same period, include the prints of actors and beautiful women, known as wood block prints of the 'Floating World' or the Ukiyo-e. Hokusai's works include 'The Great Wave At Kanagawa' (from a series of thirty-six views of Mount Fuji) and Hiroshige masterfully captured beautiful landscapes. Here in Europe, prints from the Edo period are widely known from the artists Hokusai and Hiroshige. Moku means wood and hanga can be translated as printing. Mokuhanga is the Japanese word for printing, using the water-based woodblock technique developed during the Edo period. To cancel a workshop enrollment, please email You'll get a full refund if your request is received at least 14 days before the start of the workshop, or a 50% refund if it is received at least 7 days before the start.Printmaking Tadashi Toda (printer) and me Register and pay in full to reserve your spot. Some of the public collections that include Hiratsuka’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. Since 2010 he has had 13 solo shows in the US, as well as in Korea, Canada and Northern Ireland. Hiratsuka has received numerous international awards. He currently is a professor of printmaking at Oregon State University. in Art Education from Tokyo Gakugei University, and degrees in printmaking from New Mexico State University (MA) and Indiana University (MFA). The studio will supply barens, X-acto knives, and other tools to be shared in the group.Īdditional Kozo papers, other print papers Additional paper may be purchased at the studio. The workshop materials fee covers all other basic supplies, including 3 Shina plywood blocks, Sumi inks, watercolors, Kozo paper, and one Hanga Bake (traditional printmaking brush). Very high-quality tools (individual or sets) can be purchased from McClain’s Printmaking Supply: At a minimum, each student should have a 3mm U-gouge, and a V-gouge. Students must bring their own carving tools. We will also focus on a few of the printing techniques particular to the Japanese method, especially how to create a bokashi (color gradation), as well as viewing original Ukiyo-e 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 traditional tools onto a Washi paper. ![]() With its water-based pigments mixed with nori rice paste, applied with unique brushes and printed by hand, Mokuhanga allows for soft and painterly relief prints. Mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese method of woodblock printing, is an elegant, non-toxic, and low-tech process that works easily in a home studio and combines well with other printmaking methods. (WhitPrint members: $225 plus $55 for materials) About the Workshop Saturday and Sunday, March 4th & 5th 2023
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