Arcanine moku hanga how to#Īpril Vollmer demonstrates how to carve registration notches on woodblock.Īpril Vollmer recently taught a two-day Moku Hanga workshop at the Printmaking Center of New Jersey. KU Prof Elaine Cunfer and I took the class along with five other students. /rebates/&252farcanine-moku-hanga. I know a bit about Japanese prints, but had never tried my hand at the traditional Moku Hanga woodblock printing technique. April, a great teacher and printmaker, has travelled to Japan to perfect her skills. “Migration” Moku Hanga print © 2008 April Vollmer She has an extensive gallery of her prints online at. Moku Hanga is nothing like my prior printmaking experience. This is a water-based method of printmaking that has gained popularity across the globe. I am used to the down and dirty printing of Oaxaca or Tom Huck’s Evil Prints. I came to class dressed in my ink-stained black shirt and raggedy painting jeans. I learned there is no need to dress like a hobo to print Moku Hanga. The pigments are water-based and do not stain clothes like oil-based relief printing inks. 2 horizontal pattern prints based on nature © 2011 April VollmerĪpril suggests beginners might start printing with tube watercolors, but a more economical color can be had by mixing pigments. She uses the pigments from Art Guerra. For wood and carving tools she recommends McClain’s Printmaking Supplies. The wood we used was shina plywood, imported from Japan. The shina and carving tools are rather expensive. These tools are designed specifically for hand carving wood blocks. Some tools will come with a silver color plated brass ferrule instead of the brass one seen in the photos. ![]() A small, 8 by 10 inch, piece of shina ply costs $6.35. Futatsu Wari Moku Hanga To - from bottom to top: Hangi To (knife), Sankaku To (v-gouge), Komasuki (u-gouge), Aisuki (bull-nose chisel). ![]() The bamboo was softened before wrapping using the stone at bottom right. Along with baren that has just been newly wrapped in bamboo sheath. ![]() April says the expense is due to the currency imbalance between the Japanese yen and the U.S. My carving tools for moku hanga, including a newly sharped aisuki chisel. If you have never used real shina ply, it is a joy to carve. You have discovered the fascinating art of Moku Hanga, the Japanese method of wood-block printing. McClain’s will send you a free sample find details here. Transform a Photo into a Painted Japanese Wood Carved Scene.
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