A couple weeks ago I went to a lecture and demonstration of
Ukiyo-e (pictures of the Floating World) and Japanese woodblock printing at the Victoria & Albert Museum. It was free so there's another reason to love this museum.
Look at this super precisely laid out printing setup.
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| A place for everything and everything in its place. |
At the end of it all I got to have a quick go at printing a little piece of Hokusai's
The Great Wave. I guess I'm not destined to be a great printmaker.
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| My attempt. Haha. |
Here's what the professional did.
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| The beautiful print by the pro. |
For more about ukiyo-e and some examples,
here's a page at the Victoria & Albert Museum website.
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