| In this fun and fast-paced course, students will learn all the basic steps of Japanese watercolor woodblock printmaking, or mucha hanga.
Starting with their own full color designs, students will learn to transfer an image to the woodblocks, make color separations, carve printing blocks, ink blocks for a full range of color possibilities, and pull print after print in perfect registration. And as an added benefit, this method of making prints needs no press, and involves no toxic materials, which will allow students to continue the printing process at home.
The materials fee will cover the cost of carving tools, shina woodblocks, kozo printing paper, an inking brush, and a Japanese barren.
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Daniel
Heyman is a painter and printmaker. He has worked
with linocut, woodblock and etching techniques and
studied traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking
in Awajishima, Japan. Heyman has taught at the Tyler
School of Art, PA; Philadelphia University; and
is currently teaching relief printmaking at the
Rhode Island School of Design. He received his AB
in visual studies at Dartmouth College and an MFA
from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the recipient
of numerous grants and fellowships, including the
James B. Reynolds International Fellowship, awarded
by Dartmouth College. This fellowship was spent
in France, where he collected memories of World
War II through interviews, which informed a series
of paintings. In 2004 Heyman began a "War Series."
Prisoner abuse in the Iraqi War and in particular,
the images from "Abu Ghraib" have been
addressed in an attempt to "understand the
recurring and constant reality of violent oppression."
Through his work Heyman continues to address complex
contemporary issues, particularly violence in society,
sexual orientation and his own homosexuality. He
lives in Philadelphia, PA.
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