August 6 & 7, 2011: MECA, Maine College of Art
weekend summer class in Portland, ME
An introduction to the traditional Japanese waterbase woodblock technique, each participant will create a two color edition. Students should bring tracing paper, pencils and a sketch of an idea for a 6 x 8 print. Please bring cutting tools, the recommended set is the Power Grip 5-tool set, available at www.japanwoodworker.com Use of other tools, paper, wood, color and miscelaneous supplies are included in the materials fee.
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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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