Mike Lyon

Painting Drawing Printmaking Japanese Woodblock Printing Furniture Lighting

  • About
    • CV
    • Biography & Technical Development
    • Artist’s Statement
    • Contact
  • Portfolio
    • Drawing
    • Woodblock
    • Painting
    • Equipment
    • Furniture
    • Lithography
    • Silkscreen
    • Workshops
    • Video
  • Exhibitions
  • Representation
  • Press

Clouds and Water

July 5, 1998 By Mike Lyon

“Clouds and Water”, 1998, reduction wood-cut on Hosho, 16 x 10 inches.   Chine-colle on blue backing, 10 x 64 inches.

Filed Under: Woodblock

color triangle tiling

June 5, 1998 By Mike Lyon

Untitled woodcut, 1998, about 16″ square.

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Moku-Hanga, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

Portrait of Jerry Vegder woodcut over archival inkjet

December 6, 1997 By Mike Lyon

My great friend, Jerry Vegder, HATES to have his picture taken!  HATES it!  But several times, he’s made the mistake of allowing me to photograph his very interesting head!  This may be the ONLY portrait of Jerry which he finds tolerable, since the tiled woodcut completely obliterates his image!

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Jerry Vegder

Burning Leaf Smell woodcut

December 1, 1997 By Mike Lyon

Printed in December, 1997, this small edition of tiled woodcuts was produced for Christmas gifts that year.  The muddy colors and swirly patterns remind me of the smell of leaves burning in our gutter each fall, a practice now long abandoned (and illegal).  These were printed from a set of one-inch birch plywood tiles with […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Baren, Birch Plywood, Christmas, Circles, Drill Press, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Jig, Leaves, Moku-Hanga, Swirly Patterns, Symmetrical Pattern, Symmetrical Patterns, Tiles, Water Colors, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

hand stamped tiled woodcuts

November 24, 1997 By Mike Lyon

Over Thanksgiving we flew to Port Townsend, WA for a family get-together with my sister-in-law, Barbara Stanny.  I took along a tiny watercolor set and a couple of stamps I’d carved — a quarter circle and a half-circle.  I entertained myself on the plane ride by printing some tilings (one sqare at at time) on […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Moku-Hanga, Newsprint, Port Townsend Wa, Prints, Quarter Circle, Sister In Law, Stamps, Thanksgiving, Watercolor Set, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

Red Lion

June 5, 1997 By Mike Lyon

“Red Lion”, image size about 22 x 16 inches was printed in 1997 on handmade Gampi paper. The design of 88 square tiles was determined in advance, and the colors printed using a wide format inkjet printer using archival inks. The black sumi ink was subsequently overprinted using plywood tiles with a 180 degree arc cut out.. 

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Archival Inks, Plywood, Red Lion, Square Tiles, Sumi Ink, Wide Format Inkjet Printer

Floral woodcut from tiles

June 5, 1997 By Mike Lyon

“Floral Pattern”, 1997, 24.5 x 16.25 inches, tiled woodcut with sumi ink on handmade Gampi paper

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Floral Pattern, Moku-Hanga, Tiles, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

Hansel and Gretel

September 5, 1996 By Mike Lyon

“Hansel & Gretel”, 1996, 15 x 11 inches,  color woodcut – two examples, the second a later state with added imagery and design.

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Color Woodcut, Hansel and Gretel

The Fisherman and his Wife

July 4, 1996 By Mike Lyon

This was  my first ‘traditional’ multi-block Japanese woodblock print.  It was made during a two week workshop taught by Hiroki Morinoue at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado.  That was a life-changing experience — VERY stimulating — and launched me into a whole new world of moku-hanga (traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking)!  WOW!  Total immersion […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Blue Pigment, Cadmium, Carbon Black, Color Scheme, Dry Pigment, Fairy Tale, Fisherman And His Wife, Hiroshige, Hosho, Iwano Ichibei Paper, Japanese woodblock print, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Key Block, Living National Treasure, Moku-Hanga, National Treasure, Prussian Blue, Snowmass Colorado, Total Immersion, Vertical Grain, Woodblock Print, Woodblock Printmaking, Woodcut, Yellow Pigment

Dog Dream reduction woodcut

June 30, 1996 By Mike Lyon

My original drawing was done very quickly in pencil, then color was indicated using colored pencil. All colored areas in the prints were printed from a single block printed and reduced by carving through many printings.  First the areas to remain white were removed by carving the block. then the block was printed in pale […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Colored Pencil, Dog Drawing, Ink, Prints, Variations

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • Next Page »
Subscribe to receive email notification of new articles
Loading

PDF DOWNLOADS

  • Beach Museum Catalog
  • Grabado y Edicion No 36
  • Kansas City Collection
  • Kemper Museum Catalog
  • Kyoto Catalog
  • Mike Lyon CV
  • Post Digital Printmaking (Chapter 10)
  • Technical Development

Follow me

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 1968–2025 Mike Lyon & Lyon Art Ltd, Kansas City, Missouri, USA all rights reserved · Log in