![]() I took the origional watercolor idea of the design and made an ink painting that would be my “keyblock”: the image off of which all others would be connected to. This animal and the morning here represent some sort of rebirth and a hopeful change in the air…. Several years ago I biked across the lower bridge that connects West Seattle with the rest of the city and looked to my right and saw a Great Blue Heron decending from the trees of the Duwamish Greenbelt. Its a sign of some hope that people can so abuse and destroy habitat and yet it can still cling with some tenacity to the river. That said, there is a vocal effort to clean this river, the Duwamish Tribe has built a new longhouse along its banks, and Salmon and wildlife yet inhabit it. It’s a very polluted river, on the superfund list of toxic industrial sites. The image is of the Duwamish River, a river with a long history in Seattle. Now to share the process with this current print. ![]() Annie Bisset, Eva Pietzcker, Matt Brown, Tom Killion, and Maria Arango have shared a great deal of their process on their websites. ![]() I have really appreciated too the blogs and websites of several artists who are generous with what they have learned and are learning with woodcut art. I really enjoyed some of the videos at this Wesleyan website about Ukiyo-e… like how do I get a woodgrain to show in a colored area? The answer is very little rice paste and lots of pressure… I guess. The Barenforum has many tips and tutorials that help the first time printmaker… how to properly wet Washi, different ideas about properly registering a print, how to select tools. I’ve learned a great deal from the eBook “Your First Print” produced by David Bull, a Canadian who transplanted to Japan to devote himself to Moku Hanga. The opening will be at Windermere Realty, 4526 California Ave SW, 6-9PM.īeyond my course at Sev-Shoon, I’ve learned quite a bit from the folks at McClain’s Printmaking Supplies, who are kind enough to send along good information with their tools when they sell them - the proper way to size cutting tools, to trim and soften a Maru Bake brush, and how to sharpen your Hangi-to knife. This print is one of 7-8 woodblock prints I will have on view at a show that is part of the West Seattle Artwalk on May 9, 2013. I’d like to share the process of creating my fifth Moku-Hanga print, “Duwamish Morning”, and while doing so relate a bit of what I have learned about making woodcut prints.
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