I shared my large studio with Johanna Mueller, we each had one side
the Continental Divide!
I went, I saw, but I didn’t conquor, I took the gondola down again!
and a comfortable gondola
carving a block in the Anderson Ranch print studio
I began with x-ray image on washi, and moved to panels later
half sheets of washi and some smaller panels in my studio
prints posted in my studio
mostly I stayed in the studio
first prints were small, then big, then on panel
I was busy working in the studio
two kidneys on shaped panel
Labrador Lane was for walking dogs, but cross country skiiers were there too
a studio visit with the staff and residents
Mary in the sculpture studio
she chased and chased
Elliot in the woodshop
Nicole worked in metal, clay, mosaic and fabric
Elliana made glowing, wrinkled, plaster paintings
Katherine painted
Katherine and silkscreen expert Eden
Suzanne and her daughter came to the open studio
Yutaka and his wife in Elliana’s studio
Eliott, Jason, Bella and Justin prepare for a weekend trip to Utah in the cafe
my studio mate Johanna Mueller with her mother
Jason, Johanna, Katherine and Ashley prepare for the Superhero party
another chandeliler from Guanajuato
woodblock and digital
38 x 26 inches woodblock and digital on washi
Nimbus, woodblock and digital
woodblock and digital
half sheets of Gozen 17 x 26 inches, digital and silkscreen
half sheets of Gozen 17 x 26 inches, digital and silkscreen
xray and a chandelier from Guanjuato
Gozen washi gave the prints a soft texture, this one with silver silkscreen
digital and silkscreen
half sheets of Gozen 17 x 26 inches, digital and silkscreen
April arrived, snow melted, and it was time to return to New York!
digital and woodblock again
Indian architecture
from Sanchi
shardulas from India on Japanese paper
Yantra multiplied on washi
Yantra, created in 2010, printed on Gozen washi
three 2-torso prints
torsos on washi with silver silkscreen
torsos on washi, 26 x 38 inches
2011 Blue Torso, 12 x 24, digital and silkscreen on Gozen washi on shaped wood fiberbord panel
2011 Moonlight Torso, 12 x 24, digital and silkscreen on Gozen washi on shaped wood fiberbord panel
2011 Ceiling Torso, 12 x 24, digital on Gozen washi on shaped wood fiberbord panel
2011 Sant’Ivo Torso, 12 x 24, digital and silkscreen on Gozen washi on shaped wood fiberbord panel
Anderson Ranch with largest torso print on silk, 42 x 80 inches
Author: adminapril
April Vollmer is a New York artist who studied mokuhanga after receiving her Master of Fine Arts in printmaking at Hunter College. Her work has been shown widely and she teaches Japanese woodblock regularly at the Lower East Side Printshop. She has participated in many residencies including the Nagasawa Art Park in Japan, and was on the board of the first and second International Mokuhanga Conferences. Her book "Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop" was released in 2015 by Watson-Guptill.
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