Glide, 3.5 x 5.5, six color Moku Hanga print on Bamboo paper. The experiments continue. I used a piece of 1/4 inch birch plywood I had laying around and carved on both sides for this two block reduction print. Things learned: birch ply does not cut as easily or hold line as well as shina, 1/4" ply is too thin to use both sides and warped badly, and the bamboo paper I used (a thick card stock), did not take the ink as well as the rice papers. The learning continues...
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Glide
Glide, 3.5 x 5.5, six color Moku Hanga print on Bamboo paper. The experiments continue. I used a piece of 1/4 inch birch plywood I had laying around and carved on both sides for this two block reduction print. Things learned: birch ply does not cut as easily or hold line as well as shina, 1/4" ply is too thin to use both sides and warped badly, and the bamboo paper I used (a thick card stock), did not take the ink as well as the rice papers. The learning continues...
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