Hard pressure printing "Betasuri"

Well, this work finally became the last printing. I print a printing of C-block. First, put the starch paste and the pigment on the block surface. Please brush up sense of pigments and paste fee by your experience.

First, put the starch paste and the pigment on the block surface. Spread while mixing the starch paste and the pigment on the block surface. Once the starch paste and the pigment are riding on the block surface, move brush at right angle to wood grain. That feeling is that gently prepares pigments with a brush. Then, pigment will accumulate in front of the block surface. This pigment pool is " Tamari ".

In order to remove the pigment pool " Tamari ", move the brush along the front edge of the plate surface. This is "Hakebarai". Finally, this work "Anthrium" complete by hard pressure printing.(^^)/

I use the same yellow ocher at printing of boat and sky, In the printing of Ukiyo-e printing experience work-shop "The Great Wave". Hard pressure print "Betasuri" can also print the different hue by controlling the amount of the water and the pigment.