Mokulito Printmaking

VIsiting tutor Susannah Emily Oliver will lead this two day introductory workshop. Mokulito, also known as wood litho, is a unique form of printmaking, developed in Japan in the 1970s by Seishi Ozaku. It draws on the principles of lithography, specifically the antipathy between grease and water. Greasy materials are used to draw and paint imagery on the sanded plywood matrix before being processed. A nice thing
about using wood is that additional marks can be cut into the surface, as with relief printing. When printed, the drawn and cut marks sit together with the ghostly wood grain impressions which becomes more obvious each time the plate is printed, until the plate eventually fills in. The nature ofusing wood means the prints will all vary a little and create a small edition. On day one we will learn the process and prepare our wood blocks for printing. On day two we will be making our small edition prints.