Woodblock print

Shinshou Fuji (Fresh Praise Mt. Fuji). Picture book of poems about Mt. Fuji by MAEDA Yugure. Mt. Fuji in autumn. Koshiro Onch was the leading Sosaku Hanga artist and art theorist . In 1939, he founded the First Thursday Society (Ichimokukai), which was crucial to the postwar revival of the sosaku hanga movement. The society held artist gatherings once a month in Onchi’s house. Members such as Gen Yamaguchi (1896–1976) and Junichiro Sekino (1914–1988) discussed subjects of prints. The…

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from Kyôbashi; Yoshida & Honda Woodblock Prints 1834

Sacred Grove, Tōshi Yoshida (Japan, Tokyo, 1911-1995), Japan, 1941, Prints, Color woodblock print.

Hello there! Been a while since my last post, life has been busy and full of change! I've decide to resume posting here & look forward to sharing what's been happening at the shop. To catch up on shop goings-on over the past few months I've been away, I have been posting pretty regularly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Flickr! Some new prints there to see that I'll catch up with sharing eventually...and more to come! Give a follow on any of those platforms & stay up to date with…

I’m putting this post together for my upcoming Woodblock Class at Zea Mays Printmaking (Feb. 23-24, 2013) but by all means read it if it interests you. In the post I’ll be showing a few possible ways to compose and prepare an image for woodblock with an emphasis on preparing simple images that can realistically be finished in two very short days using mokuhanga techniques. 1. The Traditional Keyblock Method (not good for a short workshop) The traditional method used by the ukiyo-e artists…

The layering of colors is exciting. When you finally put the darkest color on, its quite a thrill.

Linocut Kaiju series by Brian Reedy (via Xombiedirge)