For the record... The silhouette of this young woman takes up that of the beautiful Japanese engraver Hirano Hakuho, but the patterns, colors and accessories differ to experiment with the technique of embossing: depending on the lighting, the kimono is adorned with beautiful stylized leaves. The embossing and golden details give this engraving a fragile, elegant and precious appearance.
Materials: To obtain this engraving, I engraved 4 plates of linoleum by hand with gouges, but inked only 2 for the gold, black and pink colors. The silhouette and patterns of the kimono are obtained by simply pressing the other 2 plates engraved against the sheet (by means of a glass baren and an embossoir). The vividness of the colours and the finesse of the embossing are due to the quality of bamboo select Awagami paper (170 g/m²) and Cranfield Colours oil inks.
Dimensions: About 29 x 20.5 cm.
It is published in 25 copies that may have some variations from one to the other, given the entirely "handmade" process.
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For the record... Though the offers figure of this young woman is inspired by a beautiful engraving by Hirano Hakuho, the patterns, colours and accessories are different. Thanks to the embossing technique, beautiful stylized leaves appear or disappear, depending on the light. The embossing and golden details give to this linoprint a fragile, elegant and precious aspect.
Materials : To realize this linoprint, I carved 4 blocks by hand and printed 2 of them in colour (pink, black and gold). Then, I just embossed the 2 other ones - all by hand, thanks to a glass baren and a tool for embossing. The bright colours are due to the oil-based inks by Cranfield Colours while the delicacy of the embossing is due to a smooth Bamboo Select paper by Awagami (170 gsm).
Dimensions: Approximately 29 by 20.5 cm.
It's an edition of 25. Every print is unique and slightly different because of the entire handmade process.
Product code: The offers Furisode – Engraved, embossed and hand-printed linocut linocut print