Here the somewhat thin line seemed to break before I'd touched the carving knife to the wood. The ink on the brush seemed to almost leap from the brush to the paper where it created a huge blob, before the brush even touched the paper. ![]() It reminded me of my first first Chinese brush paintings from many years ago. That made some sense, until I saw all my carved lines crumble in front of me as I tried to carve them. ![]() I also decided to use a small 5.75x8 inch Shina block since it was just a test. I decided that a simple design was probably the best way to test it. Eventually I bought a murasaki baren from McClain's Printmaking Supplies. In any case, and particularly after watching a video of Hideki Goto, master baren maker, from the 2107 International Moku Hanga Conference, I decided it was time to buy a better baren. But I always have a nagging unhappiness with some part of each print and normally it seems to be due to uneven paint coverage, though there are of course always just the plain old mistakes of one sort or another that are always there. I started off with just about the cheapest baren you could buy, eventually bought and used a plastic baren designed by Kurosaki and have replaced the face numerous times. I'm now approaching my 5th year of moku hanga, though since I've done a fair amount of painting during that time, it's really not a full five years. ![]() Original moku hanga of 'Ruby-crowned Kinglet on Honeysuckle - Winter 2021'.
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