Teton ArtLab
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL MASTER CLASS
JAPANESE STYLE WOOD BLOCK PRINTING

with Master Printer Karl Hecksher
K5 Editions, NY

Course Description

Master printer Karl Hecksher will introduce participants to the materials and methods of Japanese Wood Block Printing, also known as Moku Hanga. All prints will be hand printed from wood using pigments, rice paste, and water. Topics covered include color separation, design and transfer of image, registration, block carving, paper selection, paper sizing, dampening the paper for printing, drying of paper, ink pigment, color additives, paste preparation, ink application, use of printing brushes, use of baren, and special printing methods. Don’t miss this chance to work with one of the world’s best printmakers and to study directly from the prints of contemporary masters.

Instructor

Karl Hecksher is the founder, owner and director of K5 Editions LLC. He has been printing in a variety of media since receiving his B.F.A. from Antioch College in 1983. As the head printer at Prasada Press Inc. Hecksher spent the first three years after college collaborating with artists on stone and plate lithography while pursuing graduate courses in sculpture at the University Of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1986, he moved to New York City and began printing editions at several major print studios. In 1987, Hecksher founded K5 Editions. The main purpose was to establish a more painterly approach to printmaking reflective of the individual artists touch. His entire focus as a printer is to make the print speak clearly and, most importantly, to express the artist’s intentions. Over two decades, he has worked with a broad spectrum of well-known, contemporary artists such as Chuck Close, Alex Katz, and Richard Estes, and his wood block prints of their works are in private and major public collections around the world.
www.karlhecksher.com