Japanese paper was already known and used by Europeans for a while: the Jesuits had even printed books on it. Keiko Kadota, the founder of IMC, passed away on January 10, 2017." And it is with this spirit of Aloha that we continue to carry out Kadota's legacy. Hawai'i is the state of Aloha and it is with great honor that we have been invited here ot share the art and craft behind mokuhanga. It is the first conference to be held outside Japan on account of the Hawai'i Local Committee and many others who agreed to organize the conference here. This third triennial International Mokuhanga Conference in Hawai'i is a celebration of Keiko Kadot'as legacy as a proponent of mokuhanga who profoundly influenced the lives of so many artists, craftspeople and educators. The second conference was organized in Tokyo in 2014, aiming to foster greater interest in the exchange of tradition, history, techniques and innovations around mokuhanga. Kodota consulted with Kari Laitinen and Tuula Moilanen, aughots of the Art and Craft of Woodblock Printmaking and Karen Kunc, the Director and Founder of Constellation Studio in Nebraska, to help realize the first IMC in 2011 held in Kyoto and on Awaji Island. These artists have helped build the foundaiton of the International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) which now attracts a range of artists and educators from around the globe. Together they developed the Nagasawa Art Park Pilot Program in conjunction with Tsuna-town, creating the first mokuhanga artist-in-residence program.įor over twenty years, more than 200 artists who studiend mokuhanga at Nagawaa Art Park and later at Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory (MI-LAB) have worked as researchers, studio artists and organizers of artist residencies. This growing interest influenced CfSHE to consult with the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Japan Foundation to form a sustainable mission. Under Kadota's guidance, these mokuhanga workshops rapdily attracted athe intererest of contmeporary printmakers around the workd. Wasaburo Kashiwagi, the mayor of Tsuna-town, kindly agreed ot her proposal that would allow her to start a mokuhanga collaborative workshop in his town on Awaji Island. ![]() Inspired by her trip to the US, Kadota consulted local government administrators back in Hyogo prefecture, where Mr. Mokuhanga such as Shikibi by Jose Maria Sicila translated by Master Today astonished Kadota because of how effortlessly Japanese technical mastery combined with cutting edge contemporary art concepts. This journey began with a visit to Crown Point Press in San Francisco where Kadota experiened a life-changing moment viewing the work of the Kyoto master printer Tadashi Toda. " In 1992, Keiko Kadota's field research for the Center for the Science of Human Endeavor (SfSHE) established to promote Japanese traditional culture and technology, gathered momentum to globablize the art of mokuhanga. You can pre-order to ensure you'll receive one from the intial order. Washi Arts will have these available in the United States in November 2017. These ball bearing barens are said to be comparable to HON Baren (Hon means genuine or real) and while a hon baren start at $1,000.00 USD, Roslyn's baren cost $175.00 (stainless steel ball bearings) and $185.00 (Delrin® ball bearings). ![]() Roslyn told me she knew what she wanted the barens to do and was fortunate that her husband is an engineer and could collaborate with her on the production details. Her Kean Ball Bearing Baren (KBB Baren) is well engineered, beautifully constructed and a pleasure to print with. I was fascinated that Roslyn has developed a new version of the traditional Japanese hand printmaking baren. She has been a practicing printmaker for thirty years. During this time she focused on methods of traditional Japanese woodblock. ![]() Roslyn has studied printmaking in Australia and the UK and did graduate research at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts.
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