moku hanga
I have several little prints in this group show at a gallery in the new and trendy 3331 Arts Chiyoda complex in Tokyo. The show opens this saturday, and continues for a month. If you're nearby, please drop in!
This is one of my prints on the invite...
The moku hanga exhibition in Edinburgh I wrote about a few posts ago opened on friday, here's a photo of how my work looked in the show (top left and directly underneath that, in the cluster of frames)
and a photo from the private view.
Looks like a fun night!
This is a little announcement to say I have 2 Japanese woodblock prints in an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy. The show is called 'In Japan' and I'm one of the "Internationally invited contemporary Mokuhanga artists"! Nice. The show runs from 30 July - 18 Sep. If you're around, please go and have a look...
Hi there, I've just had work in two exhibitions in Kyoto! Sorry for the late notice, but have to say they were both lovely. The first was a show of work by artists who attended the moku hanga (Japanese woodblock printing) residency in Nagasawa, Japan.
It was a Japanese style show, with all the work laid out on low tables, unframed, so you could see the subtleties of colour and texture. It was held at the Kyoto Arts Centre.
The second was a show of artists books, held in a specialist arts book shop. It was very very sweet. You could leaf through the books (after washing your hands, or putting on gloves), so it was possible to see all the pages.
I was in Kyoto for the 1st ever International Moku Hanga Conference, it was great! I attended several workshops...
and watched various demonstrations and presentations, by experts in the field, both local and from abroad.
I met many interesting printmakers from around the world, and spent time with old friends I don't get to see often enough... and now I've definately got to work harder on my printmaking! Watch this space for new prints soon...
