The demonstration was short but wonderful. Although Karen uses oil based litho inks rather than the waterbased inks of moku hanga, I learned a great deal from watching her and I can feel all the information rolling around inside me. I have a feeling that a few months from now I'm going to look back and see this encounter as having had a big influence on me.
One of the things that delighted me the most was that Karen is as lovely and vivid as her work. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and watching her print. If you'd like to see a sample of her in action, there are some videos posted on the Baren Forum blog of a demo Karen did at Sev Shoon Arts Center in Seattle.
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Thanks for the photos Annie and happy to hear that you enjoyed the demo. You are so right about Karen being a nice person; easy to talk to and so willing to share. I too left with ideas rattling around in my head and was thinking that this summer might be a great time to revisit relief printing when I'm away from my press. It was interesting to find out that Karen uses litho inks for her wood blocks. She told me that she hadn't tried the waterbased inks because it would mean learning the idiosyncrasies of a new ink and she was pleased with the performance of the oil based inks. (This I understand because switching over to the Akua inks did require a new mindset.)
Also, it was interesting to see the progression of the print Karen had worked on at Wheaton.
I had the great fortune of taking a workshop with Karen last summer. She is truly an extraordinary printmaker!
Darn! I was in Northhampton for a poetry reading at Forbes Library that weekend. I would have loved to have seen the demonstration! Thanks for posting the links!
Hi Annie,
I also mentioned Karen's demo at ZM on my blog, Funky Delights. Link below, thanks!
http://funkydelights.blogspot.com/2010/03/karen-kunc-demo-at-zea-mays.html
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