I think her textured, whimsical birds are also fabulous. Japanese woodblock printmaking, moku (wood) hanga (print), is distinguished from other printmaking techniques by the simplicity of material involved in its creation. Today Lynita lives in Pomfret, Connecticut, where in addition to printmaking, she enjoys her favorite activities of gardening, hiking and playing piano. These landscapes are amazing and somehow possess both a 1960’s and completely modern feel to them.įrom Japan, Lynita and her husband moved to River Edge, NJ, where they raised three sons. Originally from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Lynita graduated with a Fine Arts major from Westminster College in 1974.įollowing a year at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she moved to Japan to concentrate on woodblock printmaking.ĭuring her four-year stay, she studied in Kyoto with an elderly master of traditional woodblock printmaking, Tomikichiro Tokuriki, and in Tokyo with contemporary printmaker, Yoshisuke Funasaka. Lynita Shimizu has been creating woodcuts using the Japanese techniques of Moku Hanga since the mid-seventies. The most frustrating thing, is to find an amazing artist and then discover that there is no link to their site, or that the illustration is labelled simply ‘Joe Smith’ and that when googled, there are about 120 google searches that display results for ‘Joe Smith artist’ !Īt which point I often decide to follow another avenue and the search is forgotten. It was whilst looking for the work of a wood cut illustrator/ printmaker that, by chance, I came across today’s featured artist. It’s the one thing that enables others to help find you and your work. Mokuhanga is the term that contemporary artists have adapted when describing Japanese. I can’t stress enough how important good labelling is for all of your images. The word Moku hanga in Japanese translates to Wood block printmaking. Often when I’m searching for someone (or something totally unrelated to my initial search), I will spot an illustration, photograph, piece of ceramic and that sets me off on an adventure to find out more. People often ask where I find the artists and creative people that I feature on my blog and the honest answer is that I just seem to stumble upon them. The Art of moku-hanga: Japanese woodblock printmaking Hour-long presentations start at noon, 1:20 p.m., and 2:40 p.m. The frame measures 17.75 x 13.5 inches, the image 9.
Moku hanga printmaking series#
With pencil inscription on the visible margin, we do not know the edition of series of this woodblock print, it has not been examined outside of the frame, the frame with strong wooden oder. Here’s a lovely post I first featured a few years ago. The print has not been examined outside of the frame. Morning everyone, and apologies for my lack of posting last week I was actually away in the Northumbrian National Park, walking and catching up on some time for drawing.
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