![]() Like many art forms, these can take years to truly master but can draw you in with your first attempt. The way that waterborne pigments behave on a piece of wood, the intricacies of carving, knowing exactly how much water is needed to create a strong impression, discovering how various papers receive color, and learning myriad special techniques that were developed over many centuries. It’s nontoxic, fume free, easy to clean up, and easy to put down and pick back up.īut these simple tools and practices belie the complexities of the process. It’s low tech, portable, and can be practiced at home or almost anywhere. Complexity comes by way of diverse tonal application of colors and impressionistic printing. A knife, some wood, a few tubes of paint, a stiff brush, some paper, water, and a tool for hand burnishing is all that’s needed to make a mokuhanga print. The simplicity lies in the ease with which one can get create an image. The Japanese method of multicolor woodblock printing (mokuhanga), with its use of brushes and watercolors and hand pressure, is both simple and complex. She’s studied Japanese art and culture since she took art lessons at CAM in 1958.Why Mokuhanga – the big points: requires very small workspace, small select number of tools, prints with a baren, uses replenishable wood products, needs none of the intense or stationary equipment of western printmaking – including a printing press, can be editioned or printed to create endless interpretations, offers control over color and tones, capable of delicate detail, works equally well for small and large prints, suitable to a wide range of papers, while a historic process it easily adapts to contemporary statement, might just be the most environmentally friendly printmaking process. She’s been a teacher and administrator in Cincinnati since 1972. Helen Rindsberg is President of the Cincinnati Asian Art Society and a CAM docent since 2004. ![]() Hiroshige, Utagawa, Kameido Tenjin Shrine from One Hundred Views of Edo, Japan, 1856, 1906.372 Vollmer, April, Delirious Birds and Bees, mokuhanga print, 2007 The free program sponsored by the Cincinnati Asian Art Society will be held on March 31 at 2 p.m. The experience gave me an appreciation not only for this sophisticated way of working, but for Japanese culture as a whole It turned out to be life changing, resulting in many friendships, opportunities, and a book with a major publisher,” said Vollmer. “I’m an artist and a printmaker who traveled to Japan to learn Japanese woodcut. Vollmer is the author of Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop. Modern print artists have become very interested in mokuhanga because it doesn’t use toxic chemicals or a large press. Mokuhanga employs water-based colors, a hand-held disk baren printing tool, and the accurate kento registration system, cut directly in the block. In her illustrated presentation on mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese woodcut process, Vollmer will explain the techniques and tools that have made Japanese ukiyo-e and contemporary print artists world famous. In Gallery Chat with ASL Interpretation (On-site)Īrtist April Vollmer will help the Cincinnati Art Museum celebrate its outstanding Japanese woodblock print collection at a special event from the Cincinnati Asian Art Society on Sunday, March 31.In Gallery Chat with ASL Interpretation.Connect: A Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Their Caregivers. ![]() Access for All Virtual Artmaking Workshops.South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities.European Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings.American Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings.ArtSource: The Beverly Petrie Memorial Teacher Resource Center.
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