a roller), which results in a very even and smooth application of ink. The ink used in western Woodblock Prints is typically oil based, though there are some modern water based inks that are designed to imitate the look and feel of the traditional oils (makes everything less messy). Press it by hand or run it through a press.
MOKU HANGA SHOESHINE BRUSH REGISTRATION
Any registration method will do, as long as it works. Use whatever roller you want to apply the ink. Western Woodblock PrintmakingĬompare this to Western Woodblock Printing, where it seems that by comparison, anything goes. It reminds me of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, where everything is done in a particular way, with particular tools. The emphasis on method and tradition is very Japanese (for lack of a better way to describe it). This is sometimes called “rice paper”, even though it is not made of rice.
Japanese Woodblock Prints are printed on a particular type of paper, called Washi, made in a particular way. There are different barens for different uses. You use a baren to press the paper against the block, to transfer the ink to the block. The paint is mixed in a very specific way, and applied to the block with a specific type of brush. Each of those notches has a specific name too (kagi and hikitsuke). Registration is done in a specific way, by carving very specific notches into the woodblock. Each specific tool (with its specific name) is used for a specific task. Moku Hanga uses specific carving tools, which all have very specific names. Speaking of “method”, it is the methods that really make a Japanese Woodblock Print what it is. This leads to a little variation in the density of ink throughout the print. The technique used to print in the Japanese method results in a little more texture than western methods, because the ink is applied by hand. The water-based inks used for Japanese Woodblock prints give them a particular texture and quality that I have trouble describing, other than to say “it looks like a Japanese Woodcut”. Japanese Woodblock Prints use water based ink. The biggest difference is that Japanese Woodblock Prints are, well, Japanese. There aren’t really many differences between Moku Hanga and Western Woodblock Printmaking. …and no matter where in the world you do it. Mashing ink against paper is mashing ink against paper no matter how you spice it up. Basically, however, it is the same principle regardless of how much detail you include. Sure, it gets complicated as you add detail to the image, and as you carve multiple blocks to include more colors in the print. By carving the block of wood, you can control where ink is applied to the wood, and as a result, where it is mashed onto the paper. Woodblock Printmaking is the art of using wood to mash ink onto paper. Moku Hanga translates to something like “wood pictures” or “wood graphics”, and is the Japanese name for printmaking. As a result, I might be a little irreverent.Īlso, I am going to use the terms “Japanese Woodblock Printmaking” and “Moku Hanga” interchangeably. Everything I know about it is from research, reading, and viewing Japanese Woodblock Prints. Disclaimer:īefore I go on, I should make a little disclaimer: I’ve never made a Japanese Style woodblock print.
She is a member of the artists' collective the Mokuhanga Sisters.Western Woodblock Printmaking uses oil based inks applied to the block with a brayer (roller), and the blocks are sometimes printed with a press, and Japanese Woodblock Prints (aka Moku Hanga) are made with water-based inks applied with a brush, and are printed by rubbing a pad (baren) across the back of the paper. Schulenberg has participated in three artists' residencies at the Mokuhanga Innnovation Laboration (MI-LAB) in Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, and has been studying the print technique since 2014. She teaches various printmaking, drawing, and book arts courses at St. Schulenberg received her BA in studio art from Bowdoin College (Maine), an MA in printmaking from Purdue University (Indiana), and her MFA in printmaking from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Melissa Schulenberg is an artist/printmaker who currently resides in Canton, New York, where she is a professor of art at St. At the end of the demonstration, participants will have the opportunity to experience printing from the woodblocks. Participants will learn about tools, materials, as well as the carving sequence and printing methods associated with this multiple woodblock printing process.
In conjunction with the exhibition Wood Paper Ink, this demonstration will be an introduction to the printing process of mokuhanga, which uses water-based pigments, a kento registration method, and hand printing with a baren, a circular hand tool with a flat face that is used to burnish the paper and lift ink from the block. Carving the block with Japanese tools, July 2022, photo by April Vollmer
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