mokuhanga woodblock prints by April Vollmer
April Vollmer is a New York artist and printmaker who works primarily in mokuhanga, Japanese woodblock. She also makes drawings, collages, books and digital prints. She teaches regularly at the Lower East Side Printshop and has given workshops across the country. Her work has been published in journals including Science, Printmaking Today and Contemporary Impressions. Her prints have been exhibited internationally.
Japan Print Association Prints Tokyo 2012 International Print Exhibition Tokyo 2012 Cupola digital and woodblock print on washi 80th Anniversary Exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum nominated by Yoshie Uchida October 15 to 19, 2012 Prints Tokyo Website
UNCOVERED: Prints Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles CURATOR: Sallie Mize ARTISTS: Tomie Arai, Barbara Bondy, Hedwig Brouckaert, Ken Buhler Andrea Callard, Beth Caspar, Philip Chen, Aaron Drew, Georg Ettl Jessie Nebraska Gifford, Charles Hancock, John Himmelfarb, Leslie Kerby Jiri Kornatovsky, Karen Kunc, Simon Lewandowski, Luce, Stephen Maine Karen Helga Maurstig, Florence Neal, Debra Pearlman, Andra [...]
FINISHED Monday, August 13 to Thursday, August 16, 2012 Four days: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Farnsworth Museum Class information Location: Gamble Education Center This class is an introduction to traditional Japanese woodblock printing. Each person will cut and print an edition of color prints to learn about this non-toxic technique. Mokuhanga provides precise registration [...]
Moku Hanga: Japanese Waterbase Woodcut
This is an intensive weekend workshop that will teach the basics of this traditional waterbase technique. Japanese woodblock differs from western woodblock in that it is waterbase and non-toxic, it is printed with a hand-held baren, and it is printed on handmade Japanese kozo fiber paper.
This class will cover carving, printing and registration. We will plan and cut blocks, then print an edition of multi-colored prints on Japanese paper. Printmaking experience is helpful but not required. The $50 materials fee includes basic cutting tools, blocks and Japanese paper. An informational letter will be sent upon registration.
Class #01CAMH1-09
Sat. & Sun., Oct. 22 & 23
10 am – 4 pm
May 24 to June 28, 2012 FINISHED six Thursday evenings, 6:00 to 9:00 Lower East Side Printshop 306 West 37th St., 6th floor New York, NY 10018 (212) 673-5390 www.printshop.org 2012-06-28-LESP Woodblock Class
March 14 to 17, 2012 New Orleans Conference Southern Graphics Council International took place in New Orleans this year. I had work in “The Print Booked” exhibition, a show that included an amazing variety of artist books curated by artist Maddy Rosenberg from gallery artists who show at her gallery Central Booking in Brooklyn, NY. [...]
2012 Spring Series: Special Workshops Poetic Pastimes: Japan and the Art of Leisure Exhibition inspired programs Mokuhanga, Japanese Water Base Woodcut with April Vollmer all levels Saturday & Sunday, April 21 & 22, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Member: $162, Non-member: $180, Materials: $20 call 973-596-6607 or register on-line for 10% Members discount Newark Museum [...]
Gallery Onetwentyeight February 1 – 26, 2012 Opening Reception Thursday, February 2, 6:00 to 8:00 pm 128 Rivington Street, on New York’s lower east side, between Essex and Norfolk Streets Gallery Onetwentyeight is one of the oldest galleries in the neighborhood, managed by artist Kazuko Miyamoto. The gallery shows a mix of international and local [...]
International Focus: The First International Mokuhanga Conference, Kyoto, by April Vollmer, was published in the Fall 2011 edition of Graphic Impressions, the Newsletter of Southern Graphics Council International. The article reviews the various demonstrations, exhibitions and banquets at the conference, which took place in Kyoto and then at Tadao Ando’s Westin Conference Center on Awaji [...]
June 17 to 20, 2012 Center for Contemporary Printmaking 299 West Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850-4002 (203) 899-7999 Center for Contemporary Printmaking Website Moku means wood, and hanga can be translated as printmaking. This class introduces contemporary artists to traditional Japanese woodblock printing, the same technique used by the Ukiyo-e artists of the 18th century. Mokuhanga [...]