Printing Mokulito Block One - Mokulito/Mokuhanga Project, Japanese woodblock and wood lithography

My first printing and it's oil based so we can see how the water based Japanese woodblock will sit over the oil based relief ink. I am using Cranfield traditional oil based ink and the colour is cut 50/50 with extender, then boiled linseed oil is added to make a soft mixture.
Tip - if you are using the kento system to register, send the print through the press kento corner first, it can move if you send it through corner last.
Stick on Kentos are available from Handprinted in the UK handprinted.co.uk/collections..., My etching press comes from Art Equipment Ltd www.art-equipment.co.uk/

[@penelopelawry8154]

Looking very interesting already, love that you're showing your experimenting with combined techniques, thank you

[@mvswaaij]

Good luck ! Very interesting to watch .

[@simonedoherty6195]

Could you use wiping compound instead of linseed oil to reduce the tack?

[@LauraBoswellPrintmaker]

I’d run some tests if I were you - might well work!

[@carlosalbertoavendanorestr163]

Hi @Laura Boswell. Are mokulito and mokuhanga the same technique?

[@LauraBoswellPrintmaker]

No mokulito is wood lithography and mokuhanga is water based relief woodblock printing

[@carlosalbertoavendanorestr163]

@@LauraBoswellPrintmaker thank you!

[@simonedoherty6195]

When you say you used carbon I'd just like to clarify, is it carbon or graphite?

[@LauraBoswellPrintmaker]

Carbon paper - the sort you use for office copies (if you are filming a 1950s office drama…)