This was my very first attempt at Japanese Woodblock Printing! AKA moku hanga! I copied a Hiroshige print. I have a lot of cleaning up to do! My paper was too wet, but I was impatient. The red is too strong, and didn't act like I thought it would on the bird. Will remove it from that area on the block. 4 blocks make up this print. Hand printed in the Japanese method. I have a lot to learn but will be a fabu time doing so! I'll repost when I clean up my blocks and reprint with less "chatter" and a little different color. I took a wonderful workshop by
Barbara Mason at the
Atelier Meridian here in Portland!
Here is the original Hiroshige Falcon.
2 comments:
I think this is a great print. For your first time out, brava.
Sure, you could clean it up a little, like, when I look down in the far-right corner, it looks a little schmutzy, and just the background color would be nice. But don't stress it too much. I like it.
Thank you Anonymous! I didn't see this comment until now! :)
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