Two-day workshop with Mika Aono
Saturday and Sunday, January 25-26, 2020
10 am - 4 pm
$180 plus $30 materials
(WhitPrint members: $162 plus $30 materials)
NOTE: This workshop is full!
If you would like to be placed on our wait list, please send us an e-mail at studio@whitprint.com
About This Workshop
Mokulito was developed by Seishi Ozaku, a professor emeritus in Printmaking at Tama Art University in Tokyo. This is a lithography technique using a wood matrix instead of stone or aluminum plates. The process relies on the same lithographic principle that oil and water don’t mix. Processing the wood plate is much easier and avoids some of the more toxic materials used in traditional lithography. Printing uses an etching press, rather than a litho press.
The same drawing materials are used – litho crayons, tusche, oil-based pens, etc. – to create an image on the wood surface, allowing gray tones. At the same time, the plate can be treated as a woodcut, adding additional features to the final print; even the wood grain may become part of the final image! Then, you can add colors directly onto the woodblock.
In this workshop, you’ll learn basic Mokulito techniques using plywood plates and a variety of drawing materials.
On Saturday, you will work on your first image, and learn the steps to process the plate before printing. Since the plate needs to sit overnight, you will print your plate on Sunday. Also on Sunday, you will have time to create a second block, and use a “quick-process” method to allow printing the same day.
All supplies are provided, including drawing materials, paper, inks, and woodcut tools. Each participant will receive two 9” x 12” plywood plates.
About The Instructor
Mika Aono is a multidisciplinary artist living in Eugene, OR. Her recent work explores humanness in absurdity and futility through laborious processes, giving meaning to the meaningless. Printmaking is her passion and often becomes a tool and components of her site specific installations.
Born in Sendai, Japan. Received BA from Miyagi University of Education, studied Art at Macalester College, MN. Received BA in Art at the University of Oregon, MFA in Printmaking at San Francisco Art Institute. She has just completed her artist residencies in Skopelos, Greece and the Edition/Basel project and Exhibition, “Strata” in Basel, Switzerland this summer. She is currently a studio technician and instructor for Printmaking in the Department of Art at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
Reserving Your Spot
Register and pay in full to reserve your spot. To cancel a workshop enrollment, please email studio@whitprint.com. You'll get a full refund if your request is received at least four weeks before the start of the workshop, or a 50% refund if it is received at least one week before the start.
