Mike Lyon

Painting Drawing Printmaking Japanese Woodblock Printing Furniture Lighting

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“Sara” 42×77 inch woodcut from 17 blocks

August 2, 2006 By Mike Lyon

The large (42 x 77 inch) prints of “Sara” reclining on her messy bed have been successfully completed — I selected 8 for the edition plus two proofs. There is some variation among the edition, the greatest differences being in the depth of the deepest tones behind the head and in the top background — […]

Filed Under: Video, Woodblock Tagged With: Baren, D Line, Deckle, Eight Months, Far Edges, Hosho, Hosho Paper, Inch Prints, Iwano Ichibei Paper, Moku-Hanga, Notch, Pencil Line, Pencil Mark, Proofs, Razor Blade, Sara, Sweaty Work, Variation, Video Documents, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

Large format Woodblock Printing Press

October 31, 2005 By Mike Lyon

This is a progress report (with many photos) showing a long-term project underway — my design and manufacture of a large (about 5×10 foot) woodblock printing press for shin moku-hanga (new Japanese woodblock prints). Late in 2004, I decided to produce large woodblock prints — larger than I was able working alone and using a […]

Filed Under: Equipment Tagged With: Baren, Deflection, Footprint, Hanga, Insurmountable Problem, Intaglio Presses, Japanese Prints, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Medium Scale, moku, Moku-Hanga, Plenum, Possibilty, Printing Press, Progress Report, Reluctance, Rollers, Space Considerations, Surprise, Thin Plates, Vacuum, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

Jessica Reclining (rear)

February 29, 2004 By Mike Lyon

“Jessica Reclining (rear)”, February 29, 2004, woodblock print – 16 state reduction of Spanish cedar plank, dry pigment and neri-zumi in paste of rice starch on Iwano Ichibei hosho, 24 sheets printed. Partially printed with the wonderful new Korokoro Baren, and partially with my favorite hon-baren.

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Baren, Cedar Plank, Dry Pigment, Iwano Ichibei Paper, Neri-Zumi, Rice Starch, Spanish Cedar, Zumi

Sarah – shin-hanga bijin mitate

April 5, 2003 By Mike Lyon

“Sarah”, 2003, 15.25 x 5.124 inches, Chu-tanzaku Bijin Mitate, Moku-Hanga, color woodcut This is a four basswood block reduction in Winsor & Newton Transparent Yellow, Alizarine Crimson, Prussian Blue, & Sumi with 28 color layers with a dark mica ground. 56 sheets printed in all in three variations. This one has a dark baren-suhi ground […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Applying Makeup, Ball Bearing, Baren, Basswood, Bijin, Color Woodcut, Goyo, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Moku-Hanga, Natori, Prussian Blue, Rei, Shin Hanga, Shinsui, Watanabe, Winsor, Woodblock Print, Woodblock Prints, Woodcut

Pushing Up Daisies

November 9, 2001 By Mike Lyon

Lovers in a field of daisies are interrupted by the passage of a jet as it flies into the picture’s border. The title, “Pushing up Daisies”, was suggested by a friend, Jerry Vegder.  Jerry called the morning of Sept 11 with awful news about a plane crashing into the World Trade Center.  While we talked, […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Baren, Chisels, Dampness, Jerry Vegder, Pushing Up Daisies, Thin Disk, Water Color, World Trade Center, Yellow Daisies

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

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