![]() The Cleveland Museum of Art was across the street from school. It reminded me of the freedom of being three years old, drawing all day with my beloved box of 64 crayons. I immediately loved the direct process of drawing on a stone with a crayon. This journey began at art school, in an “Intro to Lithography” course. Finding Moku Hanga is the result of a decades-long search. With Moku Hanga, the Japanese method of watercolor woodblock printmaking, I’ve found a technique that combines my love of drawing, painting, and carving without the use of toxic materials or the need for a press. I recently attended a workshop at Zea Mays Printmaking in Northampton, MA, “Intro to Moku Hanga” with Annie Bissett. Think of how much you love Mokuhanga, and of how much of yourself you have put into these blocks. *** And stop beating yourself up over this. And then, I can work on some small blocks for awhile! The lighting was terrible last time - it’s no wonder the prints didn’t turn out! Shine two lights on the block to gauge amount of water/paste/ink. Don’t keep spraying the block like last time. Then, add nori and ink (more nori the first time, then less later). Spray the maru bake and the block and brush it again. Test ink gradations (need to make one more jar of the darkest value).įirst proof - spray the block with water and let it sit a few minutes. ![]() Make sure the nori is the right consistency (yogurt, mixture drops off at a count of four or five). Use distilled water, and make half a jar so I won’t run out of it this time. Why didn’t I do it this way earlier? Sandwich between two damp sheets of newsprint, wrap plastic sheeting around it all, and don’t put a weight on it this time. Place the next sheet on top of the first (stagger them a little). ![]() Brush up the left side, and across three times. Spritz 3 times across, 3 rows for a total of 9. It’s too late to quit now! Friday night, I will prepare the damp pack. Right now, I need to get a few good prints out of the three 16x20 blocks that I’ve worked so hard on. My goal is to make it happen.īut that’s a long-term goal. If only I could arrange my life to have that kind of time to devote to printmaking. Everything seemed to go wrong! I need to remember that I’m still fairly new to Mokuhanga. ![]()
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