"LATE-AUTUMN IRIS"

These simple woodblock prints are in honor, memory, and respect of Harlan Hubbard - Kentucky shantyboat captain & artist who used simple tools in his woodcuts & printing.
www.amazon.com/Woodcuts-Harlan-Hubbard/dp/0813118794/ref=...

Title: Late-Autumn Iris
Image area: 2-1/4" x 4-1/4".
Block: pine - crafter plaque. I'm amazed at how it holds up to detail.
Ink: Speedball water-based printmakers ink.
Paper: Japanese Hosho.
Binder: methyl cellulose (powder form mixed with distilled water).
Method: Japanese moku hanga, but with block pressed onto paper.

My waka/tanka poem:

Returning again
to a warm late autumn,
graceful iris--
reflected in an artist's mind
a respite before the frost.

Bette Norcross Wappner (b'oki)

"OUR WINTER CHERRY"

These simple woodblock prints are in honor, memory, and respect of Harlan Hubbard - Kentucky shantyboat captain & artist who used simple tools in his woodcuts & printing.
www.amazon.com/Woodcuts-Harlan-Hubbard/dp/0813118794/ref=...

Image: 2-1/4" x 4-1/4".
Block: pine - crafter plaque. I'm amazed at how it holds up to detail.
Ink: Alizarin Crimson gouache & brown Speedball water-based printmaking ink.
Paper: Japanese Hosho.
Method: Japanese moku hanga. I tried something different by using a small simple shoe brush, perhaps like Harlan Hubbard might use, to apply ink to block. it only shed a few bristles. less than i thought it would.
Printed by pressing block to paper.

Accompanying tanka poem:

Only raindrops
cling to the empty stems--
our winter cherry;
tears will fall while you're away
and my art will seem fruitless.

Bette Norcross Wappner (b'oki)

"BURNT UMBER"

This simple woodblock print is in honor, memory, and respect of Harlan Hubbard - Kentucky shantyboat captain & artist who used simple tools in his woodcuts & printing.
http://www.amazon.com/Woodcuts-Harlan-Hubbard/dp/0813118794/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259726116&sr=8-5

Image: 2-1/4" x 4-1/4".
Block: pine - craft plaque. I'm amazed at how it holds up to detail.
Ink: Burnt Umber gouache.
Paper: Japanese Rice Hosho. (I bought a tablet many years ago at Michaels Arts)
Method: Japanese moku hanga, but tried something different by trying a simple tool as perhaps Harlan Hubbard might have used, brushing ink to the block with a small shoe brush. It worked better than I thought with only losing a few hairs and only cost a couple dollars from CVS pharmacy.
Printed by pressing block to paper.

My accompanying waka/tanka poem:

Late autumn maple
bare to the high noon sun--
burnt umber cattails
slowly sway with the lake,
a koi sinks in meditation.

©Bette Norcross Wapner (b'oki)