Studio blog of Annie Bissett, an artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga)
29 October 2007
Carving Again
Time to whittle down the block some more. Now I'm carving away all the areas that I want to see remain light blue. Given the limited amount of time I have available this week, I'll be lucky if I can get this finished before the end of the weekend.
First of all, Annie, I just reviewed the photos of your larger space there with you holding the paper and you sure work tidy!!! It looks like a space I *wish* I had! Anyway, I noticed you have the same hangi-to I do - do you ever have trouble with the brass ferrule coming down? I do, and with more than one knife. I've put a small piece of paper in there to wedge it into place, but that is not fully successful. Hm. Maybe yours doesn't do that - hope not.
Beth, sorry I didn't respond earlier. This hangi-to hasn't given me trouble, but a smaller one I bought has the problem you describe. I used a piece of a toothpick to wedge it.
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First of all, Annie, I just reviewed the photos of your larger space there with you holding the paper and you sure work tidy!!! It looks like a space I *wish* I had! Anyway, I noticed you have the same hangi-to I do - do you ever have trouble with the brass ferrule coming down? I do, and with more than one knife. I've put a small piece of paper in there to wedge it into place, but that is not fully successful. Hm. Maybe yours doesn't do that - hope not.
I love the work in progress shot, its lovely to see you working on pieces again!
Beth, sorry I didn't respond earlier. This hangi-to hasn't given me trouble, but a smaller one I bought has the problem you describe. I used a piece of a toothpick to wedge it.
nyx, thanks for the encouragement!
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