Studio blog of Annie Bissett, an artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga)
30 April 2007
Block Heads
I'm starting a new group of prints on the theme of war and peace. Tonight I made my first few drawings on the blocks. I'm trying for a looser process, so I'm going to work with squares -- square blocks and square paper -- that can be interchanged, overprinted, or turned around and still register easily with each other. I'm also thinking of using a limited color palette so that I'm not fussing over colors so much. I want to do less planning and leave more room for spontaneity.
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No prizes for guessing who the top-right profile is! Ghastly woman.
Is that Buddha bottom left?
Hi Sue,
I like your response to these figures because I tried to choose images that were somehow evocative. None of them are famous people, just outlines based on readily-available stock photography.
I did select the bottom left figure for her topknot (Buddha?), and the top right woman for her prideful stance, so you and I seem to be looking at them the same way.
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