Aleksander Wozniak - Improvisational Mokuhanga

 My lecture and demonstration on mokuhanga woodcut presented at International Mokuhanga Conference - Sumi Fusion in Nara in 2021.

Egg tempera overprint. /mokuhanga/

In the printing fever I decided to use egg as a binder for white overprint.
It happened.

The print is moku hanga: "Tesia" from the 4x4 cycle 2021

The block with white layer applied

The paper on top of a block

Pulling up the print

Walk.

Finally I managed to glue together this woodcut.
Walk, edition of 4.

Happy 2021 🎉

Night printing

Printing my woodblock from The Gravity series.

Kuro portfolio print

 New print for the upcoming Kuro/Noir portfolio.
The moku hanga is exclusively printed using few different types of japanese inks playing with its colour, dilution and other properties.
Some various carving techniques + my free/loose printing style.

3 movies about Japanese woodblock

Being (a little) bored about the technical approach to mokuhanga I would like to share with You 3 good stories about ukiyo-e artists. Each movie is separate masterpiece, but there is also a very special relationship between them. Some scenes are breathtaking. I'm sure You will enjoy ;)


1. Kenji Mizoguchi (1946) - "Utamaro and His Five Women"
 

2. Kaneto Shindô (1981) - "Hokusai Manga" also known (?) as "Edo Porn"

3. Masahiro Shinoda (1995) - "Sharaku" 

Click on the title to have a  IMDB reference.
enjoy :)

Landing.

Some pictures of my printmaking routine. Proofing and finishing Landing woodcut from my ongoing cycle. Featuring my sweet little helpers. Summer 2017.
enjoy!
Olek.

Anatomy of the water based woodcut.

There's some footage from the studio demonstrating making a woodblock print using the water based method (mokuhanga). It's the final - black colour of four or five runs. I'm using my own made kozo paper, shoe brush and a dry pigments like soot and deep blue.
The movie was made to catch some pleasant moments while making edition, and also to clearly demonstrate  the idea of printing using the water colour and a wooden block.

*Don't worry. This time I'm not using any music;)

1. falling the dry pigment (first blue then black soot) on the moistened, carved  block.



2. applying pigment to the block using the shoe brush (horshair). I'm also using some rice paste to have some binder for the pigment.



3. Here You can see the positioning and treatment of the moistened paper. In this case I'm using thin and very fragile kozo paper. The block is being printed using baren.



4. And we have the final impression.




Following documentation was recorded in 2014 in Olsztyn.

Best regards.
Olek.

Sealing woodblock prints. (video)

Short footage from my <3 studio. The magic moment of sealing prints.
Have a good time watching.

Matka Boska Łąkowska

Poniżej zamieszczam kilka drzeworytów ludowych przedstawiających Matkę Boską Łąkowską. Szczegółowy opis każdej grafiki można uzyskać po kliknięciu w link prowadzący do obiektu w  Bazie danych drzeworytów ludowych Muzeum Etnograficznego w Krakowie.

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Zawsze zastanawiałem się jak wygląda ta cudowna figura którą szczególnie ulubili sobie drzeworytnicy ludowi. Reprodukcje w książkach nie ujawniały wiele. Postanowiłem zatem udać się do Nowego Miasta Lubawskiego - do Sanktuarium Maryjnego, gdzie czczona jest Matka Boska Łąkowska.

 Kiedy ołtarz się otworzył nie mogłem uwierzyć własnym oczom. Czyż nie jest Ona piękna?

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Madonna from Meadows

There are some traditional folk woodcut representations of Mother of God of Łąki Bratiańskie.
Click on a link for more info from woodcut database at Ethno Museum in Cracow.

More info on this woodcut

 More info on this woodcut

 More info on this woodcut

More info on this woodcut



I was wondering how this XIII century miraculous figure looks in real. I decided to take a trip to Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, to the sanctuary where Mother of God of Łąki Bratiańskie is worshipped. The altar slowly opened and.

Look at her eternal beauty. I have no words...

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Szczytno - 17.III.2016

Zdjęcia z wystawy w moim rodzinnym Szczytnie.

Shots from an exhibition in my hometown Szczytno.