Date/Time: Thursday 10/2, 6-9 pm, Saturday 10/4, 1-5 pm
Ages: 18+
Cost: $300
Registration deadline: Thursday 9/18
Maximum enrollment: 10
Instructor: Yoonmi Nam
Skill Level: Beginning Level Mokuhanga
Some basic understanding of printmaking is preferred, such as the relationship between matrix and impression, color separation/layering, and the use of carving tools, but it is not required.
Learn the fundamentals of Japanese-style water-based woodblock printing in this two-day Mokuhanga workshop. Mokuhanga is a non-toxic, hand-printing process that requires only a small working space, allowing you to work without access to print shop facilities. Visually, it has potential for creating both precise and exact marks as well as expressive and painterly impressions. Through hands-on demonstrations, you will learn basic traditional carving using Hangi-to (knife), water-based pigment printing processes, and the traditional Kento registration method. The first day will focus on carving, and the second will be printing. Between the two workshop dates, students are expected to complete their carving and have their paper damp-pack ready for the second day. At the end of this two-day workshop, you will complete an edition of two-layer mokuhanga prints!
About the instructor: Yoonmi Nam was born in Seoul, South Korea, and has studied in Korea, Canada, US, and Japan. Yoonmi received her MFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and BFA degree from Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Korea. She was awarded residencies at Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory in Japan three times (2004, 2012, 2019) to study traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques and is the recipient of the Keiko Kadota Award for Advancement of Mokuhanga. She has participated in artist residencies at Brandywine Workshop and Archives in Philadelphia, Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium, Kala Art Institute in California, Vermont Studio Center, and a 3-year studio residency at Studios Inc. in Kansas City. Her work is in the collections of the RISD Museum, RI; Spencer Museum of Art, KS; and the Hawai’i State Art Museum, HI; among others, and has shown her work in over 25 solo exhibitions and 200 group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Yoonmi is a professor of printmaking at the University of Kansas.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Registration and payment may be completed through this website. You will receive an email a week prior to your class with information about the class.
Refunds are no longer available after the registration deadline.
Please call 612-278-4162 or email jo@highpointprintmaking.org if you wish to pay with cash or check, or have any questions.
DISCOUNTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
A 10% discount is available for Highpoint Members.
Full Color Print Scholarship: There are no remaining scholarships available for this workshop.
