Mike Lyon

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Madeline and Kit, 13 x 5.7 inches, woodblock print from 17 blocks

October 18, 2012 By Mike Lyon

My intern this year, Madeline Cass (who is responsible for scanning and data entry of my collection of Japanese prints – see woodblockprints.org), and her roommate, Kit Landwehr, modeled for me June 8.  Years ago I’d really loved printing the stripes of a seersucker robe and Kit’s striped dress was a natural for another attempt […]

Filed Under: Featured, Video, Woodblock Tagged With: Birch Plywood, Cass, Cnc Router, Co Author, Data Entry, Graphite, Japanese Printmaking Technique, Japanese Prints, Japanese Technique, Little Jewels, Madeline, Meditative Activity, moku, Notches, Pigment, Precise Registration, Relief Prints, Seersucker, Small Minority, Soft Gray, Steering Committee, Striped Dress, Tiny Details

Rachel

November 24, 2003 By Mike Lyon

“Rachel”, Nov 2003, 16  x 5 ;inches, woodblock print – 15 state reduction, graphite on Yamaguchi Hosho paper. 

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Graphite, Hosho, Yamaguchi

Jessica Turning

October 21, 2003 By Mike Lyon

“Jessica Turning”, woodblock print, 11 state reduction, graphite on Yamaguchi Hosho paper approximately 10″ x 7.5″ (chuban) completed October 21, 2003. This was my first experiment with graphite. I bought a one pound bag from Daniel Smith for about $10. Used about a teaspoon to produce these fifty-two 11″ x 8″ sheets (later trimmed to […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Alcohol, Daniel Smith, Graphite, Hosho, Pencil Drawings, Woodblock Prints, Yamaguchi

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