River by Dawn (after Koho Shoda) Print - Limited Edition of 15

Details: Variable Edition of 15 Signed and numbered on the back Screenprint with graphite powder and ink on Japanese paper Approx 34.5cm x 21.5cm Unframed About: Inspired by a Japanese woodblock print by Koho Shoda, an artist from the Shin-hanga (New prints) movement. I chose to use a soft, muted colour palette to help create a serene atmosphere, with the mood from the subdued colours creating an ambient light, the dawn sky reflects on the surrounding landscape and curve of the river, and the silhouettes of the trees add to the quiet and stillness of the scene. I mixed pinks and creams to create a colour blend for the effect of the sky changing colours at different times of day - because of the nature of printing a colour blend, each print is slightly different making it a variable edition. You can read more about the inspirations and see the process behind creating River by Dawn (after Koho Shoda) here. Hand pulled by the artist in her Brighton printmaking studio, this is the second print in this series that compliment each other when hung together. The other artwork is River by Moonlight (after Koho Shoda). Technique: This print was created by assembling a digital collage, made up of photographs taken in Brighton and the East Sussex area, before being taken into the print studio. The image was printed on a transparency and a mesh screen was coated in a light sensitive emulsion, which was left to dry in a dark room. When dry, the image was exposed onto the screen using UV light, with the black parts of the image blocking out the light, meaning that the emulsion didn’t harden on the darker parts of the image. The screen was then washed to remove any unexposed emulsion, leaving the image on the screen to be printed. Ink and graphite powder were mixed with printing medium and a squeegee was hand pulled to push the ink through the mesh on the areas of the exposed image, onto paper to create the finished screenprint.

Printmaking:Screenprinting on Ink

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:15

Size:8.5 W x 13.6 H x 0 D in

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