Graphic Impressions, the Newsletter of Southern Graphics Council International, Fall 2011, International Focus: First International Mokuhanga Conference in Kyoto and Awaji Meeting at Jarfo gallery in Kyoto, Karen Kunc, Florence Neal, April Vollmer and Susan Rostow Please support this informative journal of the print world by subscribing, on line or in print, at: Art In Print on line Subscription It includes a brief overview of the history starting with the famous Edo period ukiy0-e prints, through the eclipse of the technique during the 20th century, and then the current renewal of interest in the technique for creative artists.Ī PDF of the article can be seen here: ArtinPrintVol2MokuhangaInternationalArticle The article is a review of the current state of mokuhanga, Japanese woodblock technique, in contemporary art outside Japan. To subscribe to this excellent journal visit: Subscribe to Grabado y EdiciónĪrt in Print, Vol 2, No 2, 2012 (cover by Karen Kunc)Īrt in Print: Mokuhanga International, was published in Art in Print, Volume 2, Number 2, 2012. It is illustrated with woodblock prints by Katie Baldwin, Mike Lyon, Michael Schneider, and myself.įor a pdf of this seven page article: GrabadoMokuhangaRenaissance It begins with an historical overview of the use of the technique from ukioyo-e prints of the 18th Century through the sosaku individualist printmakers of the early 20th Century and ends with a discussion of the wide range of international contemporary artists who recognize the technique for its flexibility. This 2013 edition includes my article on the history of mokuhanga, Japanese woodblock printing. Grabado y Ediciónis a bi-lingual Spanish/English review of new ideas in printmaking. Migrating Gyre #6, 2008, mokuhanga woodcut on washi, 26 x 26 inches Begun during the 2012 blackout of lower Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy, it was completed in 2013. Print made from two blocks, the fern printed multiple timesīlackoutwas printed from only two blocks, but the small fern block was printed over twenty times to create the darkness around the light of the chandelier.
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