Upcoming Workshop
TRADITIONAL MOKU HANGA:
JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTING
April Vollmer
September 25, 26 and 27, 2006
Three Day Workshop including a set of woodworking tools, all workshop materials and breakfast and lunch for 3 days - $600
*Above plus B&B for 2 nights -economy rooms- $850
Deluxe rooms (can be shared)-$900
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Learn the traditional woodcut technique of Japan!
April Vollmer printing
This refined woodcut technique offers rich, lightfast color, precise registration, non-toxic cleanup and printing without a press. It is the same basic technique used by the Japanese ukiyoe masters in the 18th century, made accessible for western artists. The workshop includes an historical overview and will focus on how the technique can be useful for contemporary printmakers.
A wide range of techniques including tsubushi (flat printing), goma zuri (sesame seed printing), and bokashi (gradation printing) will be demonstrated in a pleasant fume-free environment.
April Vollmer
Generation 26 x 26 hanga woodcut
Participants will design, cut and print an edition of woodcuts on Japanese paper. The class will also cover sharpening tools, using the kento registration system and printing with a baren. The materials fee includes a set of Japanese cutting tools, wood, paper and color.
April Vollmer, an accomplished artist who has been teaching this technique since 1998, will present this special four-day comprehensive workshop. Beginner and advanced printmakers will enjoy exploring this alternative eastern printmaking method.
Instructor
APRIL VOLLMER established her studio on Manhattan's lower east side after she earned her MFA from Hunter College in 1983.
She works primarily in Japanese woodcut, and often plans her woodcuts on the computer, combining traditional and contemporary techniques. She traveled to Japan in the fall of 2004 to work with the Nagasawa Art Park woodcut program. She has taught workshops at Japan Society, the Lower East Side Printshop, Pyramid Atlantic and Dieu Donne Papermill and many other locations. Her work has been published in journals including Science, Printmaking Today and Contemporary Impressions. Her prints been exhibited at AIR Gallery, the Islip Art Museum, Henry Street Settlement, and internationally. She maintains an informative and entertaining website at www.aprilvollmer.com