![]() ![]() ![]() I am particularly drawn to Downeast Maine the Schoodic Peninsular, Steuben, Addison, and Lubec. I favor the undisturbed landscape, usually nature preserves, state parks, wildlife sanctuaries, or “undeveloped” coastal areas. I paint numerous watercolors en plein air, during the warmer months, returning to favorite places each year. The process is contemplative and low-tech with distinct steps: designing an image, carving the blocks and experimenting with colors while proof printing the blocks, refining the blocks, exploring which colors and image needs, and eventually printing the image. Gradually over the next two years I refined my skills and understanding of the process, and color woodblock printmaking became my primary medium. I was a painter for over 30 years, before I began making color woodblock prints in the Moku Hanga technique (Japanese watercolor woodblock prints) in 2007. In 2011 I began to exhibit and sell my woodblock prints at outdoor art shows in New England and has received several awards. Since retiring from teaching in 2016, I have had more time to pursue making larger and more complex woodblock prints. I have been painting at various locations in Downeast Maine and Grand Manan, NB for many years. In 2016 I was an Artist in Residence at Acadia National Park in Maine for the month of June and this was an incredible opportunity to immerse myself in the coastal landscape. I live in Northfield, Massachusetts with my husband, and I was an art teacher at Stoneleigh-Burnham School for Girls in Greenfield, Massachusetts from 1987 to 2016. ![]() Later in 1992 I received Post Baccalaureate Teacher Certification from Westfield Sate College. As a child I spent countless hours painting and drawing and eventually studied art in college, attending Greenfield Community College, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and receive a BFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a major in Painting and a minor in Art History in 1979. I was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in the suburb of Norwood. To cancel a workshop enrollment, please email You'll get a full refund if your request is received at least 14 days before the start of the workshop, or a 50% refund if it is received at least 7 days before the start.A BIT OF MY HISTORY AND MOKU HANGA PROCESS Register and pay in full to reserve your spot. Some of the public collections that include Hiratsuka’s art are The British Museum, Tokyo Central Museum, Panstwowe Museum in Poland The House of Humor and Satire in Bulgaria, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cleveland Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, New York Public Library, The Library of Congress and The Smithsonian’s Museum of Asian Art. Since 2010 he has had 13 solo shows in the US, as well as in Korea, Canada and Northern Ireland. ![]() Hiratsuka has received numerous international awards. He currently is a professor of printmaking at Oregon State University. in Art Education from Tokyo Gakugei University, and degrees in printmaking from New Mexico State University (MA) and Indiana University (MFA). The studio will supply barens, X-acto knives, and other tools to be shared in the group.Īdditional Kozo papers, other print papers Additional paper may be purchased at the studio. The workshop materials fee covers all other basic supplies, including 3 Shina plywood blocks, Sumi inks, watercolors, Kozo paper, and one Hanga Bake (traditional printmaking brush). Very high-quality tools (individual or sets) can be purchased from McClain’s Printmaking Supply: At a minimum, each student should have a 3mm U-gouge, and a V-gouge. Students must bring their own carving tools. We will also focus on a few of the printing techniques particular to the Japanese method, especially how to create a bokashi (color gradation), as well as viewing original Ukiyo-e prints. This workshop will introduce all aspects of the process: transferring images to wooden blocks, carving with Japanese tools, using the Kento registration system, and printing with traditional tools onto a Washi paper. With its water-based pigments mixed with nori rice paste, applied with unique brushes and printed by hand, Mokuhanga allows for soft and painterly relief prints. Mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese method of woodblock printing, is an elegant, non-toxic, and low-tech process that works easily in a home studio and combines well with other printmaking methods. (WhitPrint members: $225 plus $55 for materials) About the Workshop Saturday and Sunday, March 4th & 5th 2023 ![]()
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