NEW YEAR 2015

1999-2014

In my print works I arrange different images to a new image using my copy etching technique; a transfer technique from the image of Xerox copies onto the copper plate. In this way a new reality of Japan and other coutries formed, the landscapes viewed through Japanese eyes, and translated into wonderful color etchings.

"A book of travel in Russia" (3 pieces)
"A book of travel from Russia" (3 pieces)

In the series "A book of travel in Russia" (3 pieces) I used some specific regional map and letters as a record that I was in Russia.
In the series "A book of travel from Russia" (3 pieces), I used the larger area of map to express the spread from Russia to the European countries and also to Japan.
You might recognize the readable texts, the name of town but mostly they were not seen, they melted as a plate texture. Because of my strong impression visiting Russia in 1998, I used the image of icon and the altar for a composition.

"Holland in Japan-2"

The original elements of the print image are used to impress the relation between Japan and the Netherlands which come from Edo period, specially the period of Sakoku (鎖国).

The image is based on a map of the Netherlands and my picture of dutch winter landscape with trees and fances. In right side you can see dots as the snow and light, some historical sign / symbol from sword guard for hidden Christian (キリシタン鍔). In the left side you can see the image of the observatory dome and crosses. They were mixed into one image using my copy etching technique.

http://www.nao.ac.jp/en/gallery/weekly/2014/20140528-observatory.html

Observatory Dome (Treatise on the Kansei Calendar)

DE STEKEN

Presentatie bundel Sasja Janssen

Met trots presenteert de Drukkerswerkplaats Gouda op zaterdag 22 november onder het impressum Sub Signo Leonis een prachtige bibliofiele uitgave van De Steken van Querido-dichter Sasja Janssen. Deze genummerde bundel, met een unieke ets van de Japanse kunstenares Yuriko Miyoshi, vervat in Japanse bindwijze door Goudse bindgroep onder leiding van Wilma van Ipenburg, is een staaltje van uitstekende fine printing, waarbij vorm en inhoud wederom tot in de finesses zijn afgestemd door de Goudse Drukkerswerkplaats.

Special thanks to graphic artisan Peter Hendriks (typesetting and printing for the book), a member of de Drukkerswerkplaats Gouda. He gave me the chance making an etching for the poem by Sasja Janssen.

KUNSTROUTE LEIDEN 2014

KUNSTROUTE LEIDEN 20 JAAR op 27/28 SEPT 2014

ZÔNE POP-UP GALERIE, Langebrug 32 | Leiden

Study Mezzotint 3

Describe MEZZOTINT, known in France as the la maniére noire.

Ad Stijnman, Engraving and Etching 1400-2000:

A History of the Development of Manual Intaglio Printmaking Processes,

London: Archetype; Houten: Hes & De Graaf, 2012

Study Mezzotint 2

Describe MEZZOTINT
In New Ways of Gravure by Stanley William Hayter in 1949
No name of Yozo Hamaguchi in the index, no image by him

Describe COLOR PRINTING FROM INTAGLIO PLATES

　

　

　

Describe MEZZOTINT

In About Prints by Stanley William Hayter in 1962

Name of Yozo Hamaguchi in the index, with an b&w image of color print by him

But may be not mentioned about him. (* Need check it)

Describe MEZZOTINT

In New Ways of Gravure by Stanley William Hayter in 1966

No name of Yozo Hamaguchi in the index, no image by him

Describe MEZZOTINT
In New Ways of Gravure by Stanley William Hayter in 1981
No name of Yozo Hamaguchi in the index, but with an color image by him

Mentioned the name of Yozo Hamaguchi, Avati and Hwang in a new added text.