If you are interested in sponsoring or supporting the fourth International Mokuhanga Conference please contact us. Paper Connection International, RI, USA.Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, USA.Association for Corporate Support of the Arts (Kigyo Mécénat Kyogikai KMK), Japan.Michihamono Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan.Constellation Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.Thank you to our Supporters and Sponsors: IMC2021 has been designed around exhibitions, discussions, demonstrations and academic presentations that reflect the diversity of interests and approaches to mokuhanga within the wider disciplinary world of print-media and contemporary art. IMC2021 will combine a look at Nara’s role in the development of mokuhanga while spotlighting its contemporary fusions: its relevance today, its globalizing future, and its ever-growing interest among new generations of art students, crafts-people, artists and academics. And it was here, with the refinement of available materials for its production, that woodblock printmaking became an important medium of communication. Lying at the easternmost end of the Silk Road, Nara was a meeting point where artisans, monks, merchants and literati from China, Korea and India mingled with the citizens of the ancient capital. ‘Fuji’, by Aleksander Wozniak (Poland), 2017 Additionally, it will explore the presence of black, and how it relates to color. This fourth convening of the conference, titled Sumi-Fusion, will celebrate the versatility of sumi in woodblock printing, both historically and in contemporary applications across Japan and abroad. Still renowned today as a center of production for the finest sumi ink, Nara is an ideal site for IMC2021. We are pleased to announce the 4th International Mokuhanga Conference, now renamed IMC2021 NARA, which will take place from December 1 to 3, 2021, in Nara, Japan, at the Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA and as a virtual conference. There is a certain amount of subjectivity when choosing carving tools because everyone's hand is a little different so what's comfortable for one person might not be for another person.SUMI-FUSION: Mokuhanga & Nara 墨-フュージョン 木版画と奈良 Josei Moku Hanga To: I think these are the best tools available for the price. My favorites are the versatile 6.0 mm "V" gouge and the big 10.5 mm "U" gouge for clearing large areas of wood or lino. My favorites are the 6.0 mm and 9.0 mm "U" tools. I prefer the "U" gouges over the "V" gouges. Power Grip : you can get a nice set of Power Grip tools for between $20-$50. One downside of this tool is that it's best used on linoleum and soft "rubber" carving blocks (like Speedy Carve and MOO Carve), not wood. I find the small "V" gouge indispensable. Speedball Linoleum Cutter: While some printmakers might consider this mearly a beginner's tool, I love it and use it all the time when carving linoleum. It includes a Speedball Linoleum Cutter, a couple Power Grip "U" gouges and numerous Josei Moku Hanga To tools of different sizes. Most people will probably be familiar with it through ukiyo-e prints, such as those by Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige et al. My preferred set of tools is an assortment of different brands that balance cost and quality. For quite some time I've debated trying Moku Hanga printmaking.As best I can tell the term itself just refers to Japanese woodblock or woodblock printmaking.
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