Beautiful white heron/sagi modern ukiyoe by Ohara Koson (seen on), with close up showing the three d
Beautiful white heron/sagi modern ukiyoe by Ohara Koson (seen on), with close up showing the three dimensional embossed feathers. This technique, taking advantage of woodblock keylines and negative space of white paper, is called karazuri (空摺, picture below from):Printers obtain that texture by applying greater pressure on their rubbing pad called baren (馬連, pictures from and from):If you are interested in ukiyoe making, have a look at David Bull video channel (I have posted about his work here). In the video below, you can see famous “Great wave of Kanagawa” printing process with baren use (from 3:08): -- source link
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