Every tablecloth, napkin, etc. is expertly handcrafted in India using ancient
woodblock printing techniques.
For his first solo exhibition with Sean Kelly, McCloud has created eleven new, abstract works, mixing unconventional industrial materials — aluminum sheeting, silver aluminum butane paint, and black liquid tar — with traditional pigment and
woodblock printing techniques.
Hugo McCloud (b1980, Palo Alto, California) is known for his large - scale abstract paintings that use materials such as tar paper and metal, and engage with traditional
woodblock printing techniques.
Drawing inspiration from the rawness and decay of the urban landscape, McCloud creates rich, large - scale abstract paintings and sculptural objects by fusing unconventional industrial materials — tar, bitumen, aluminum sheeting and oxidized steel plates — with traditional pigment and
woodblock printing techniques.
McCloud, who worked on construction sites for more than a dozen years, transitioned from design to visual art and now utilizes the industrial materials, tools and equipment with which he is so familiar, in combination with traditional pigment and
woodblock printing techniques, to create his works.
Not exact matches
The Okami inspired «Wolf Goddess»
woodblock print was hand -
printed in Tokyo with traditional materials and
techniques.
These striking
prints by the Japanese - American artist and longtime Berkeley professor Chiura Obata present the classic American landscapes of Yosemite and the High Sierra in the tradition of Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji, executed with a traditional Japanese
woodblock technique.
The selection presented here includes the work of internationally renowned masters, such as Munakata Shikō, whose bold monochrome
woodblock prints redefined the possibilities of that time - honored process, and Hamaguchi Yōzō, whose meticulous mezzotints inspired an entire generation to take up that demanding
technique.
Frankenthaler has worked with Pace
Prints to create four Ukiyo - e plus woodcuts, including «Geisha» (2003), a twenty - three color Ukiyo - e woodcut
printed from 15
woodblocks on Torinoko paper and mounted onto Fabriano Classico, as well as «Book of Clouds,» a large - scale
print using a combination of aquatint, woodcut and pochoir
techniques.
Viewers will appreciate seeing masterful examples, in contemporary interpretation, of familiar and not so familiar
printing techniques —
woodblock, etching, silkscreen, lithograph, drypoint and aquatint.
It also introduced the
technique of «guzzying,» a term Frankenthaler used to describe the way she would manipulate the surface of the
woodblock, marking it in this case with sandpaper and dental tools to achieve the desired textured effects before
printing.
In this video, Rebecca Salter RA explains the traditional tools and
techniques used by the Sato
Woodblock Workshop in Kyoto when creating her
print for the Summer Exhibition 2016.
The Tobias brothers have become known most prominently for their large - scale
woodblock prints on paper and canvas, where they utilize the ancient stamping
technique of black - and - white small scale illustrative printmaking in anachronistic, elaborate, and oversize chromatic compositions.
In this video, which features footage recorded by Rebecca Salter on one of her trips to Japan, the Royal Academician demonstrates the tools and
techniques used in traditional
woodblock printing.
Using various
printing techniques including lithography, silkscreen and
woodblock, he renders his subjects in vivid colors and patterns.
Fascinated to explore new ways of creating texture, Milhazes masterfully mixes silkscreen and
woodblock techniques in these new works, her largest
prints to date.
Researchers have developed a new
technique for
printing live cells by drawing inspiration from an ancient Chinese method of
woodblock printing...