Tag: Bokashi

Illustration of a bokashi printing workbench: a carved wooden block at left carries blue fading into bare wood; a broad brush and woven rubbing pad lie beside a coastal print with a graduated blue sky, pale distant hills, water and shoreline houses.

How Do You Print a Sky That Fades into Nothing?

Bokashi gives Japanese woodblock prints their fading skies by controlling water, pigment and brushing on the block anew for each impression.

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