Miwako Nishizawa is a California - based Japanese American artist specializing in the traditional shin - hanga Japanese
woodblock technique that revitalized the ukiyo - e tradition in early 20th century Japan.
Miwako Nishizawa is a California - based Japanese artist specializing in the traditional shin - hanga Japanese
woodblock technique that revitalized the ukiyo - e tradition in early 20th century Japan.
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 result was a taut but fluid composition so refreshingly removed from traditional
woodblock technique that it has had a deep influence on the medium ever since.
Fascinated to explore new ways of creating texture, Milhazes masterfully mixes silkscreen and
woodblock techniques in these new works, her largest prints to date.
Not exact matches
The Okami inspired «Wolf Goddess»
woodblock print was hand - printed in Tokyo with traditional materials and
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Employing a variety of complicated
techniques, the artist layers
woodblock and screenprint to elicit an explosion of color, form, and texture.
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.
Best known for his skillful fusion of
techniques, Taaffe has mastered a wide range of processes; including collage, linocut,
woodblock, rubber stamp, silkscreen, and marbling — all interwoven into richly complex and highly meditative canvases.
Researchers have developed a new
technique for printing live cells by drawing inspiration from an ancient Chinese method of
woodblock printing...
Every tablecloth, napkin, etc. is expertly handcrafted in India using ancient
woodblock printing
techniques.