Okiie Hashimoto print style

I would like to share this beautiful little print and try to uncover some of the techniques used in it. If you click on the thumbnail you can see an image that is close to actual size.
The print was issued in 1975 with a small German museum catalogue in an edition of 1000. Hashimoto (1899-93) was 75 and still going strong. He has a free flowing carving style and here he makes his 7 blocks in a rather relaxed manner. Small irregularities remain where they add to the feel of the print. The colours overlap generously. he uses a watery ink, probably without starch, to get his neutral tones. The brown on the temple roof may have been wiped from the block to show the grain of the block. The grey sumi is very soft with a nice ito-bokashi along the bottom of the brick work seen in the white wall. The black ink is printed over the colour in most parts, with only the red partly removed, it also has mica added to give just the occasional glimmer of light. The colour is superbly balanced, with beautiful vibrant shades nestled in with the black.
Any other comments about this print, or the Hashimoto style? Tom

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(From Dave)

Well, Julio connected my Webcam to this blog page, so perhaps there will be a boost in the number of viewers now!

For those new to the Woodblock Webcam, please note that this is not 'real' full-motion video. Although the image is being picked up by a real Sony Handycam, the webcam software is only uploading a snapshot once every eight seconds. When you factor in the time for uploading/re-writing the image file, the most you are going to be able to get is around one new shot every ten seconds or so ... not exactly smooth motion! But for now, at least it should give viewers a feel for the kind of work that I do.

I can mention that just the other day (this is July '05) the installers from NTT arrived at my home and installed an optical-fibre cable for connecting to the net. I'm too buried in work to spend time with it just now, but once I get a chance, I'm going to hunt up some video streaming software and connect it to the camera.

Once that is in place, if you too have a good broadband connection, then the Woodblock Webcam will be giving you a very good view of my work! Please stay tuned ...

Dave

Barbara Goes to Chicago

This is going to be so much fun...I am going to try to do a little travelog of my trip to Chicago. I can't wait to see the windy city and all that midwest art work. Also I hope my own exhibit will be successful and I will have sales. After all, that's how we judge ourselves, ultimately. Even if we say it doesn't matter, it does. So stay posted. I leave the 6th for my big trip and will let you all know how it goes..and I love the idea of being able to post photos. Barbara

Lux Gallery 3039 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, Illinois
Reception: July 7th, 6:00pm

GEORG 2

This item should have with it a scan of a print 200mm x 230mm on cardridge paper of Georg, a cockerel, a legend at the Neustadt market in Holstein, Germany (click to see larger version).

Regards to all Harry, Lincoln,UK More info. on http://homepage.ntlworld.com/h.french1/GEORGPRINT.htm