![]() ![]() I am working to figure out how my watercolour painting will translate into mokuhanga. Taking a creative workshop/course and learn something new is another way of getting motivated. ![]() Audio-visual artwork, sound, and music inspire me, too. Being exposed to a foreign culture is indirectly influential, too, such as foreign travel (I cannot do this frequently) and listening to unintelligible languages. But if anything, a meditative and relaxing environment does something good to me – for example being by an ocean, in an open field, in a big noisy city, quiet temples, etc. I don’t go anywhere in order to seek inspiration specially. Through the process, subtle and obscure feelings and ideas emerge. I go onto a surface of blank paper and start working. You don’t need heavy equipment such as an etching press either, because you hand burnish with a baren, a rubbing tool made of bamboo bark. So, it is less toxic than most of other printmaking methods. It is a relief printing method like lino-cut printing, but the difference is that you use woodblocks, and to print, you use water-based ink (made with pigment, watercolour paint, gouache etc, plus paste and water) and ink up with special brushes. It is also popular now because it’s non-toxic, possibly more sustainable, and it doesn’t require heavy equipment like etching/relief presses. When some of them were introduced to Europe, the style of Japanese art inspired artists like Van Gogh, as it was very different from that of the West. Later on, artists such as Utamaro, Hiroshige and Hokusai’s artworks became well known in the West and throughout the world via the prints (Note: they were the artists who drew and painted the original artworks but woodblocks/prints were made by craftsmen/printmakers). Originally brought from China, it thrived in Japan particularly during the Edo period (17-19 century) and a lot of prints (copies of artworks) were produced. Trees carved out of wood with tools surrounding it.Ĭould you explain the cultural significance behind Mokuhanga? I also do some bookbinding to make sketchbooks. In the past, I have done a lot of printmaking using photographic images but recently I am focussing on abstract drawing and make watercolour paintings and prints from those drawings. My current practice is drawing, painting, printmaking and some mixed media. How would you describe your artistic practice? We interviewed Sumiko to explore her background and artistic practice. ![]() This Spring, we are excited to be working with Sumiko Eadon for her upcoming course ‘Japanese Woodblock Printmaking (Mokuhanga) for Absolute Beginners’. We are always searching to work with skilled artists who are experts within their fields to provide you with diverse and inspiring creative courses for every season. ![]()
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