#MOKU HANGA WORKSHOP HOW TO#

A small, 8 by 10 inch, piece of shina ply costs $6.35. The shina and carving tools are rather expensive.

She uses the pigments from Art Guerra.В For wood and carving tools she recommends McClainвЂ™s Printmaking Supplies.В The wood we used was shina plywood, imported from Japan. 2 horizontal pattern prints based on nature В© 2011 April VollmerДЄpril suggests beginners might start printing with tube watercolors, but a more economical color can be had by mixing pigments. The pigments are water-based and do not stain clothes like oil-based relief printing inks. I learned there is no need to dress like a hobo to print Moku Hanga. I came to class dressed in my ink-stained black shirt and raggedy painting jeans. I am used to the down and dirty printing of OaxacaВ or Tom HuckвЂ™s Evil Prints. Moku Hanga is nothing like my prior printmaking experience.

вЂњMigrationвЂќ Moku Hanga print В© 2008 April Vollmer She has an extensive gallery of her prints online at. I know a bit about Japanese prints, but had never tried my hand at the traditional Moku Hanga woodblock printing technique.В April, a great teacher and printmaker, has travelled to Japan to perfect her skills. KU Prof Elaine Cunfer and I took the class along with five other students.

#MOKU HANGA WORKSHOP HOW TO#

April Vollmer demonstrates how to carve registration notches on woodblock.ДЄpril Vollmer recently taught a two-day Moku Hanga workshop at the Printmaking Center of New Jersey.

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