MOKU HANGA FOR PC REGISTRATION

As pigment is mixed directly on the blocksĭuring the printing process, I can add more paste (transparency) or These are carved, I'll have a block for each area to be printed.Īlthough some blocks will be printed multiple times to deepen the color Here I've highlighted with orange the wood and printing area Glued down to new blocks and serve as the templates for the color And from this I print multiple copies on very thin,ĭRY paper, one for every color block planned, and these are now each Key block cutting you can see the paper photocopy, glued down that I'm using to see where to cut.

Will allow all the blocks and papers to align with this one).

MOKU HANGA FOR PC REGISTRATION

The wood is cleared away leaving just my registration corners (that Of the shapes and maintain exactly the lines of my drawing which will print and reproduce my original sketch. Toh-a specialized knife particular to Japanese cutting to outline all I carefully cut this block using the Hangi Just a thin layer of paper that I can see through and the drawing layer Once dry, the paper is carefully lightlyĭampened with a fingertip, and the paper backing is rubbed off, leaving This copy was pasted FACE DOWN (reversing the image) to Sketch was elaborated to add a border and I adjusted the size with myĬomputer to produce a photocopy with a laser printer to the size I I knew I was going to work loosely and have the trees in silhouette and try to make the color of the sky the focus. This was a 1' x 4' scribble from my sketchbook. In this example: 'November Cypresses', it was a small, ballpoint pen scribble of a row of cypress trees. Sketchbook, sometimes a carefully planned product of many drawings. My prints start with a simple sketch-sometimes a doodle from my Here are three sample prints with some explanations of how they were made: Reach the level of even an apprentice in the days of the Ukiyo-e, but I'm enjoying the challenges that It takes a lifetime to learn and I'm already over 50, so my work will never Meant for possibilities and solutions of remarkable beauty and splendor. However, teams of craftsmen making use of multiple blocks, multiple pigments, changing the order in which theīlocks were printed, adding mica, ground seashells, gold leaf, silver leaf, lacquer, etc

Just a block of wood, color, paper and one could rub with a wooden

Infinitely more complicated than it sounds as in its simplest form, it's Image onto damp (usually Japanese) paper. Rice paste are applied directly to the block with brushes (instead of a brayer and oil-based colors in western relief printing), and they are printed by hand with a baren, a disc traditionally made ofīamboo and paper that is used instead of a printing press to imprint the Individual blocks (usually one for each color), watercolor pigments and Used to refer to woodblock prints made using the Japanese method there are Moku Hanga means simply 'wood print' in Japanese so all woodblock

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