Japanese Woodblock printing at Edinburgh Printmakers
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Japanese Woodblock printing demonstrated by Paul Furneaux at Edinburgh Printmakers
A video of Japanese Woodblock to coincide with the opening of Paul Furneaux- Mokuhanga at the Edinburgh Printmakers. 28 May to 23 July 2011.
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A lot of people seem to miss the point of this demo.i have witnessed many slick and skilful demonstrations .i too can do that .i have been doing Mokuhanga for 20 years plus .the whole point was not to make a demo like a traditional Japanese printer.the whole demo was improvised on the spot .it is just a technique .as simple or as complex as you care to make it .Yes occasionaly i use kento registration .Yes there are many more complex ways of registering and printing and cutting .it does not have to look like a 1920s japanese woodcut ...that is a million miles from what i aspire to.This is a wonderful medium which has great potential in the contemporary world we live in .I have met and admired David Bull work and ethos .Equaly he can,and does, respect and enjoy how i make my works and what my aspirations are .Thank goodness for people like David Bull ,however i am trying to demystify this medium.It is cutting tools ,water ,wood ,pigments ,paper and a simple hand burnishing tool.It has a great creative potential.i suggest you research further .There are many many ways of approaching this medium and infact it is a brave person who stands infront of a camera and produces a couple of prints from scratch .You may not like them, you may not like the approach but you are wrong in assuming David Bull would be shocked or horrified.I am interested in how this ancient and beautiful medium can be pushed into a contemporary form of expression .Dont be fooled by something looking easy to do,neither dont be fooled by something looking difficult.
Thank you for this video, I love the free expressive carving and colour mixing results ... I'm practising like mad and hope to get something really interesting soon!
Hi there Paul - oh I so enjoyed this.! Really inspiring.....I would love to have a go at this. I love wood and I love watercolor. I had had the idea that using those special woodcutting tools would be too physically laborious for me but the way you have shown it here makes it look possible ...hope to meet you sometime. best wishes
Aine Scannell
i bet david bull will rips out his hair after watching this xD
Instructionally it's a good video, I'm sure David would appreciate that😂 it's certainly not as delicate or intricate as David's but I think the rush job was just to give viewers an idea of printing
@@slashbat2375 Why does it have to be a rush job ? If you are going to do a terrible woodcut demonstration, then please don't call it "Japanese woodblock printing". One needs not to empathize with the mediocrity.
My thoughts exactly! After watching David's videos this demonstration looked like he was butchering the block. It is still informative in its own way though.
Thank you!!
Never know it's easy like this!
not easy ,but not so difficult ....takes practice....it can look easy and why make it look difficult?
Very interesting video , liked it very much
sorry to folk who have posed questions or voiced positive reactions even.I have not looked at this for years and only noticed today that comments could be made.so i am sorry for my ignorance on a technical sense and when i have a bit more time on my hands i will answer where i can best P
Loved watching your video - comprehensive and informative. I have some wood on order and am itching to get started and found your tip on raising the grain with a wire brush really handy. What paper do you prefer to use?
good question!!
Nice one Paul - both you and your art still looking really good !
ta !
What are the inks or paints you are using? Really nice work.
watercolour from tubes
Thank you-Paul. lovely. Good video Have answered many questions for me. Amount and time of moisture on washi is rarely shown. Question: do you also soak your boards?
yes boards are soaked,that whole demo was one of spontaneous reaction to being filmed .i could do a much more slick kind of thing now ,but there are plently of those around its unusual i feel to see something kind of unplanned....
Great video! thanks. Where would you recommend getting the tools?
hope you got them by now !
is this guy for real
Which colour u use for this
Oh wow that's beautiful. I don't know what these comments are talking about this shit looks tight
gands. I will not be insulted by you.
you could be