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November 22, 2005

The Oriel window : Gainsborough Old Hall : Lincolnshire : UK

30cm x 20cm : Birchwood plyblock : printed Moku Hanga technique.
Six variant, reduction prints on Gampi vellum paper with Akua inks.

Regards, Harry

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November 05, 2005

Gainsborough Old Hall

26cmx14cm : Birchwood plyblock : printed Moku Hanga technique.

I was delivering Baren brochures to the Gainsborough Arts Centre and came out with an unexpected exhibition opportunity to produce work from the immediate environment. I set about sketching this old hall which was a place of worship for the Separatists before they moved to Amsterdam and later to America. I hope to call the exhibition “West meets East" : just eight woodblock studies of Gainsborough Old Hall cut in the western tradition and printed in the eastern manner..or something like that..
I did not intend to print them Moku Hanga because of my inexperience in the technique, however, as I have signed up for the #27 Moku Hanga exchange (Mythical beasts) next year these prints are a trial run. I am only showing about eight prints so not to bamboozle the audience and maybe include a display as to how the prints were done..or maybe I’ll just exhibit and leave out the educational bit which would make a refreshing change!
Harry
Lincoln UK

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November 02, 2005

Letting Go - Second Color

Second color, alizarin crimson, applied to my reduction print. Almost finished carving for the third and last color.

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