A Mokuhanga (Japanese water based woodblock print) print hand printed with a baren on 64 gsm Japanese Pansion kozo washi with cut edges float mounted on white conservation board with kozo hinges.
This print will be exhibited at the Jack House Gallery in Southsea from 7 to 15 June 2024 as part of the Omega Printmakers exhibition ‘Small Wonders‘, featuring framed prints A4 or less in size.
Edition size: 8 plus 1 artist’s proof
Image size: 158 x 110 mm
Paper size: 170 x 130 mm approx
Mount: 250 x 200 mm
Price: £70
This traditional Japanese water based wood block print was created with five blocks, four colours, nori (rice starch paste) and 9 passes of pigment.
I spend many hours watching the movement of the sea when I’m sailing and find the overlapping of different wave patterns particularly fascinating. This print explores wave forms using a three dimensional hyperbolic wave form, reduced on each block allowing the use of a different coloured pigment to create an abstract image of a rising sea with cresting waves under a rising moon. I have cut the blocks with a fine V tool Sankakuto to indicate the breaking waves and broken reflections of the moon as the waves rise and fall.
Kay A Brown 