The less experience you have, the simpler you need to keep the image. Nonetheless, we will proof everyone's blocks at the end of class with water-based ink.ДЎ) A SKETCH of a possible woodcut image you'd like to begin, NO LARGER than 6x8 (4ењ† preferable), either vertical or horizontal. Students will have an opportunity to begin their own single-block woodcut print, and receive basic instruction in carving techniques, but there may not be time in the workshop to complete a finished print. He will also briefly discuss his own modified key-block technique using oil-based inks. Killion will discuss the design and creation of effective images, the use and maintenance of Japanese carving tools, the choice of block materials, and Japanese handmade papers and traditional inking techniques. First, students will be introduced to the Japanese key-block technique for making multi-color block prints. Through the activity of carving images into wood,as in the many other Zen inspired art forms such as Tea Ceremony, calligraphy,and Noh Theater, the artist-participants come to fully inhabit these activities through focused attention of their own bodies, minds and hearts.В Tom Killion will instruct students in his Japanese-style woodcut printmaking techniques in a one-day workshop.

A Rare Workshop with Local Artist Tom KillionДuring this workshop we will engage in the time-honored Zen artistic tradition of block carving.

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