Mike Lyon

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Sarah Reclining (bijin aizuri-e)

August 13, 2003 By Mike Lyon

Title: Sarah Reclining (bijin aizuri-e) Size: 16″ x 22″ Date: August, 2003 Medium: woodblock print (water based pigments) on washi My primary model for almost a decade, Sarah had fallen asleep while modeling for this print. To me, her relaxed posture and features were so beautiful! “Bijin” is a Japanese word which means “beautiful woman.” […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: 19th Century, Bijin, Cherry Wood, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Moku-Hanga, Pieces Of Wood, Pigments, Printing Techniques, Shades Of Blue, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

Blue Shoes

August 17, 2002 By Mike Lyon

My primary model for seven years, Sarah, with her daughter, Lily in her blue jelly flip-flops. Oban Moku-hanga three color (Prussian Blue, Quinacidrone Magenta, Sumi) reduction on three blocks in 19 block states. One basswood block and two shina plywood blocks. On Baren Mall Yamaguchi Hosho paper (very nice!). Fifty sheets printed in all. Twenty-three […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Basswood, Blue Shoes, Grays, Hosho, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Lily, Moku-Hanga, Pieces Of Wood, Pink, Pinks, Plywood, Printing Techniques, Prints, Prussian Blue, Shades Of Blue, Wood Grain, Woodblock Print, Woodcut, Yamaguchi

Mother and Child

July 5, 2002 By Mike Lyon

This is a print I produced for Baren Forum‘s 14th Exchange. This version included an additional block carved from oak which I used to print the ‘wood grain’ in the background. The print is o-ban (large size — about 15 inches high) on hand made, unsized gampi paper. This is a reduction print, printed by […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Embossing, Exhibition, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Mike Lyon, Moku-Hanga, Personal Collection, Pieces Of Wood, Printing Techniques, Shades Of Blue, Shinjuku, Subscriptions, Tokyo, Wood Grain, Woodblock Print, Woodblock Prints, Woodcut

Music

May 15, 2002 By Mike Lyon

This is an example of the prints I produced for Baren Forum’s 13th Exchange, “Music”. The prints are chuban, paper about 10 1/2 inches high. The print shown is a reduction print, printed by hand using Traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques and materials (except, of course for the reduction part). Traditionally, each of the fifteen […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Blue Pigment, Brushes, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Moku-Hanga, Printing Techniques, Prints, Prussian Blue, Red Rag, Risk, Several Times, Stack, Suicide, Water Brush, Water Container, Woodblock Print, Woodcut, Workspace

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