You can find full information about Terry's work and art career in this section, as well as buy his original prints direct from our online shop. Originally trained in oil painting, Terry has a Masters Degree in Fine Arts as well as many years experience tutoring art media to people of all abilities and walks of life in New Zealand, Australia, Japan and even recently in Singapore. I'm fortunate to be able to live in Japan, surrounded by professional resources and inspiration." I feel excited to be involved in such a historic and amazing technique, and love the inherent beauty of the tools, materials and finished prints. I love the marriage of art and craft that is needed to produce mokuhanga.
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You can't do much carving if you don't have sharp tools and know how to use them. I have no problem at all with this type of craftsmanship. "I have been concentrating on producing woodblock prints since 2006, and inevitably became inspired by the richness of Japanese woodblock prints which are rightly world famous. In mokuhanga in particular it means that you learn, slowly, how to use the various carving tools, and also how to sharpen them, learning how they differ from most western-style tools. He has made it his mission to pass on the skills he had learned to a wide range of people, and continues to do so from Japan. He has also led highly successful tours to Kyoto for the last several years. More than a thousand people attended his workshops in that time and many hundreds of people of all ages were able to experience printing mokuhanga in his school and festival workshops. By carving the block of wood, you can control where ink is applied to the wood, and as a result, where it is mashed onto the paper. Woodblock Printmaking is the art of using wood to mash ink onto paper. Terry has held numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1996, won awards, and has also been involved in community arts initiatives, writing reviews of other artist's work for newspapers and managed and taught at an arts facility for people with disabilities for 10 years while living in New Zealandįrom 2014 to 2018 Terry ran the Australian Mokuhanga School, teaching workshops throughout Australia and New Zealand. Moku Hanga translates to something like wood pictures or wood graphics, and is the Japanese name for printmaking. An example of an early Japanese print is shown Right. This traditional Japanese printing method emerged in the 17th century. Based in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, Terry also returns regularly to Australia and New Zealand to teach his popular workshops there. Mokuhanga means woodblock print in Japanese. The Karuizawa Mokuhanga School is run by Terry McKenna, professional mokuhanga artist. Terry McKenna - Mokuhanga Artist and Teacher
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