Spring

A Mokuhanga print hand printed with a baren on 93 gsm Japanese Kitaro Hankusa kozo washi float mounted on white conservation board with kozo hinges.

Edition size: 10 plus 1 artist’s proof

Image size: 125 x 165 mm approx.

Mount: 210 x 300 mm

Price: £50

This traditional Japanese water based wood block print was created with four blocks, three colours, nori (rice starch paste) and 7 passes of pigment.

Spring this year has arrived so quickly after such a dull and cool winter. The newly opened leaves on oak trees such a bright green, soft ripples on the sea and the sky so blue and clear; all have inspired this abstract print created using a number of previously carved shina play blocks.

I have also left a square of washi unprinted to highlight its natural beauty. This is a memory of the square of semi opaque washi often used in the fusuma (traditional sliding door) of a closet in Japan.

April 2025