Mike Lyon

Painting Drawing Printmaking Japanese Woodblock Printing Furniture Lighting

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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

Artist’s works inspired by Japanese prints, mechanics

July 1, 2009 By Mike Lyon

K-State Collegian Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 By Hannah Blick The emotion in Mike Lyon’s artwork is inspired by old Japanese prints. The shapes are determined by the contours of the faces of his closest friends, friendly strangers, and the outcome hinges on the mechanics of his latest digital tools. “Figuring it out: Prints and […]

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Exhibition: Figuring it Out at the Beach Musuem of Art

April 16, 2009 By Mike Lyon

Figuring it Out: Mike Lyon Drawings and Prints at the Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas opened April 14 and runs through July 19, 2009. Exhibition CATALOG PDF download also see the Beach Museum’s web site blurb from the Beach Museum of Art web site: Figuring it Out: Prints and Drawings by Mike Lyon April […]

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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

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