YURIKO HANGA*LAND: Moku-Hanga September 2018 English

日本伝統木版画：絵師 // 彫師 // 摺師
JAPANESE WOODCUT / MOKU-HANGA WORKSHOP
lecture + demonstration + workshop (3 steps) + tea/coffee

by Japanese printmaker Yuriko Miyoshi

Under the guidance of the Japanese artist Yuriko Miyoshi you learn how to put your design on a wooden plate, cut it with woodcut knives and more...., learn how to make printing inks by yourself and afterwards you will print this woodcut with Baren (traditional printing disc) on Japanese paper, as the tradition will.

WHERE?

Studio of Ai Hashimoto
See Lab, Duinstraat 55
2584 AW Den Haag
The Netherlands

WHEN?
Thursday 27 September 2018
10:30 until 17:30

PRICE?
100 euro p.p. Including materials, miniflyer, drinks and TAX plus 福袋 Fukubukuro (=Japanese Lucky Bag) with an original Hanga (=print work).
*Bring your lunch by yourself.

PARTICIPANT?
* Maximum number of participants 6, minimum 4.
As your registration, please send your message including your name, age, address and mobile number to Yuriko Miyoshi

After your registration, you will receive an email with the information for this workshop and an invoice with the bank account for the payment. Please note that your place is only guaranteed after payment is completed.We request that you pay the workshop costs as soon as possible after your registration, or your place may be given away. You are allowed to find someone in your place if you organise payment yourself and let the organisation know. Any questions are always welcome. Your data will only be used for communication with you and for invoicing, and will not be shared with third parties without your prior consent.

General conditions Workshops 2018

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An introduction workshop for the Moku-Hanga technique, also known as Ukiyo-e 浮世絵, "prints of the floating world" is a form of woodcut from Japan that became popular in Europe from the 1860s. There are three steps in the process of making Ukiyo-e: E-shi 絵師(the artist), Hori-shi 彫師(the woodcarver) and Suri-shi 摺師(the printer).

We first start with a presentation about the Japanese woodcut, the making process, the materials and the tools. You can see some original historical Japanese woodcut prints.

Next we will see the demonstration using ready made plates with beautiful Japanese classic designs as Suri-shi 摺師to try to print the woodcut plates.

We do this with color ink and Yamato Nori (non-toxic glue) on water-base using horsehair brushes and onto Japanese paper with the Baren. A Baren is a Japanese traditional instrument that is used instead of a printing press. All this together is the most suitable for making this kind of print works.
First you make your design as E-shi 絵師and transfer it onto a wooden plate, next with knives you carve as Hori-shi 彫師. The last step as Suri-shi 摺師, you make printing inks and afterwards you print this woodcut with a Baren and on different Japanese papers. You can also learn which Japanese papers are suitable for your way.
* In this workshop, you can get a chance to see the special collections of Dr.Ad Stijnman who is a printmaker and print historian. You can compare the print techniques between etching/engraving, lithography and woodcut prints.

Demo materials to study the steps of woodcut

You can use one of four ready-made images.
When you make your own design, the images should be smaller than 10 x 14 cm.

* For this workshop, you can get two different kind of plates, one is Shina Plywoodplate (11 cm x 15 cm x 4 mm) and another one is lindenhout plate (11 cm x 15 cm x 5 mm). Both thin p

シナベニアShina Plywood (Tilia japonica): Plywood for woodcut, originally basswood from Japan. Can also choose the birch or cherry wood. The harder the wood species, the finer details are possible, but the good woodcutting technique is also necessary and the price is more expensive than that of Shina Plywood

Japanese gampi paper for drawing the design and transfer onto woodcut plate.
* TOSA SHINPU HAINI GAMPI Roll (11-15g/m²) // 15 cm x 10 cm x 2

Paper set // test printing (2 euro excl.BTW)
* KAMAKURA Woodcut special paper (75g/m²) // 11.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 4 // 13.5 cm x 19.6 cm x 2
* KITAKATA HM-5 (36g/m²) // 9 cm x 25 cm x 1
* GASENSHI for calligraphy and ink drawing (30g/ m²) // 24.3 cm x 33.3 cm x 1/2
* Canson Ingres-Vidalon (100g/m²) // 14.8 cm x 21 cm x 1

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If you need more paper to print your plates yourself, pay 5 euro or 10 euro for the extra Japanese papers (A) or (B) including Kozo, Mitsumata and Gampi papers.

(A) Extra Japanese paper set // 5 euro excl.BTW
* KAMAKURA Woodcut special paper (75g/m²) // 19.6 cm x 27.1 cm x 8
* TOSA SHINPU HAINI GAMPI Roll (11-15g/m²) // 30 cm x 40 cm x 1

(B) Extra paper set // 5 euro excl.BTW
* KAMAKURA Woodcut special paper (75g/m²) // 15 cm x10 cm x 4
* TOSA Surface GAMPI White Roll (160 g/m²) // 14.8 cm x 21 cm x 1
* TOSA SEIKO-SEN (40g/m²) // 15 cm x 10 cm x 1
* ECCHU POSTCARD with deckle-edges // 15 cm x 10 cm x 1
* Canson Ingres-Vidalon (100g/m²) // 14.8 cm x 21 cm x 1