woodblock: mokuhanga

These limited edition prints are created hand and slight variances could exist. Each print is numbered and each print should be considered an original.

rorschach series

This woodblock print explores the contrast of methodically planned layered lines that overlap each other with darker amorphic shapes that feel almost painterly and relieves the tension of rigid form.

rorschach ap1of2
rorschach ap2of2
rorschach ev1of4
rorschach ev2of4
rorschach ev3of4
rorschach ev4of4

miniprints

These prints were part of a series using the same color palette and inspired by the principles and elements of design.

brush

Inspired by one of my Asian brush paintings, this mini-print captures the spontaneity of the pigment reacting to water pooling on the woodblock right before it is printed.

Paper size: 5 - 1/2” wide x 8 - 1/8” high
Image size: 1 - 3/8” wide x 2 - 7/8” high
Paper type: Shin Torinoko
Blocks: Shina plywood, 5 impressions
Pigment: Daniel Smith watercolor and rice starch
Edition size: 3 edition variable (ev) prints [3 artist proofs, shown above]

form

This silvery-sapphire mini-print was inspired by the peeling paint on a gate column on the city wall of Xi’an, China. The shapes are deliberately textured as a nod to the impermanence of paint over time.

Paper size: 5 - 1/2” wide x 8 - 1/8” high
Image size: 1 - 3/8” wide x 2 - 7/8” high
Paper type: Awagami Silk Pure White [proofs on Legion Stonehenge Light]
Blocks: Shina plywood, 4 impressions, reduction method
Pigment: Daniel Smith watercolor and rice starch
Edition size: 6 final prints [2 artist proofs available]

line

This mini-print explores texture, building up layers of silvery light-gray, medium gray, blue-gray, and sapphire to highlight the pores inherent in Luan plywood.

Paper size: 5 - 1/2” wide x 8 - 1/8” high
Image size: 1 - 3/8” wide x 2 - 7/8” high
Paper type: Legion Stonehenge Light
Blocks: Luan plywood, 4 impressions, reduction method
Pigment: Daniel Smith watercolor and rice starch
Edition size: 6 edition variable (ev) prints [2 artist proofs available]

space

A simple mini-print using negative space to create patterned texture rather than utilizing watercolor as the textural medium.

Paper size: 5 - 1/2” wide x 8 - 1/8” high
Image size: 1 - 3/8” wide x 2 - 7/8” high
Paper type: Awagami Silk Pure White [proofs on Legion Stonehenge Light]
Blocks: Shina plywood, 3 impressions
Pigment: Daniel Smith watercolor and rice starch
Edition size: 6 edition variable (ev) prints [2 artist proofs available]

silver mica II series

These prints contain a progression of bands advancing from wide to narrow, textured to solid, lighter to dark. The prints play with the interaction of water, nori, and watercolor to create gomazuri, a Japanese printing technique that means “sesame seed.”

Michele LeTourneur zattastudio mokuhanga silver mica ii moonstone — silver mica II series - moonstone

This print has a smoky gray and charcoal palette.
Paper size: 9 - 1/2” wide x 8” high
Image size: 7 - 3/4” wide x 4 - 1/4” high
Paper type: Shin Torinoko
Blocks: Shina plywood, 3 impressions
Pigment: Daniel Smith watercolor and rice starch
Edition size: 4 final prints

Michele LeTourneur zattastudio mokuhanga silver mica ii topaz — silver mica II series - topaz

This print has a creamy, greige to charcoal gray palette.
Paper size: 9 - 1/2” wide x 8” high
Image size: 7 - 3/4” wide x 4 - 1/4” high
Paper type: Shin Torinoko
Blocks: Shina plywood, 3 impressions
Pigment: Daniel Smith watercolor and rice starch
Edition size: 14 final prints [2 artist proofs available]

silver mica series

These prints were designed with overlapping lines and degrees of texture and intensity of color to create rhythm thru repetition. They also contain gomazuri, a Japanese printing technique that obtains its result by varying the amount of water and nori to achieve the effect.