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28 April 2025 - 7 July 2025 ( 27 hours, 9 weeks )
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Waterloo Centre
This course is ideal for the complete beginner or for those wishing to refresh their Japanese woodcut skills. The technique is entirely non-toxic using watercolour pigments and not oil based inks to make nuanced prints. It also requires no press so it is easy to set up at home. Over the six week course we will cover: a short history of Japanese woodcut, design of your 3 colour image, carving using Japanese tools, the kento registration system, and printing an edition of six prints onto handmade Washi paper
Classes will take place in a physically distanced studio , with all the appropriate measures in place for students’ safety. The tutor will deliver a series of relevant Powerpoint presentations on Japanese Ukiyo-e, Washi paper and contemporary Mokuhanga artists. There will be demonstrations at each stage of the design, cutting and printing, including supplementary films. Students will work independently and with tutor’s one to one guidance. All students should engage in discussions and crits.
This course is for beginners or for those wishing to refresh their Japanese Woodcut skills. Some knowledge of relief printing such as woodcut or linocut is an advantage but by no means essential.
This course is designed so that one week builds on the week before- to ensure that you thoroughly enjoy the course it is advisable to commit to the six week term. The class starts promptly at 6.00pm, in Room C32 in the main building, please leave enough time to find us! Please note that there is a minimal charge (typically £7.50) for the woodblocks and paper used, all other materials, watercolour pigment, nori and use of college tools are included in the fee.
Look at the work of the great mokuhanga masters such as Hokusai and Hiroshige to familiarise yourself with exponents of the technique. If you have your own woodcutting tools do bring them along. Please bring images, ideas, ideally a sketchbook to work with for initial woodcut. No aprons required, all other materials provided: woodblocks, tools, paper, watercolours and printing materials.
