Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop: A Modern Guide to the by April Vollmer

By April Vollmer

An inspirational how-to path on jap woodblock printing's background and strategies, with suggestions on fabrics and studio practices, step by step demonstrations, and examples of entire works via glossy masters of the medium in addition to ancient pieces.
 

A sleek advisor to the traditional paintings of mokuhanga

An more and more renowned but age-old paintings shape, jap woodblock printing (mokuhanga) is embraced for its non-toxic personality, use of hand-crafted fabrics, and simple integration with different printmaking thoughts. during this finished consultant, artist and printmaker April Vollmer—one of the simplest recognized mokuhanga practitioners and teachers within the West—combines her deep wisdom of this historical printmaking perform with professional step by step guideline, tips on fabrics and studio practices, and a various choice of prints by way of major modern artists. immediately useful and inspirational, this guide is as worthy to severe printmakers and artists because it is to inventive humans drawn
to eastern historical past and aesthetics.

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