http://mlyon.com Mike Lyon pulls the very first 77 x 42 inch impression -- 'Leaves" woodcut from eight blocks (reduction blocks carved by CNC machine) on the 5 x 10 foot stationary bed pinch-roller press he designed and built.
i watched several times this video... i just got it accidentally as i was looking for some cnc router related thing...
i'm european originally... and always surprised to see old techniks are known yet... and some people keep them alive...
in my language it called ""dipped paper""
named after it's tecknic... as it poured on a ""strain""" ... amazing... thanks to post this video... i suggest you a book, you might can find... theophylus presbyter.... some reprint made... so you may can buy one.
'dipped' is more accurate than 'poured' for Japanese paper -- Iwano-san beats lye-cooked mulberry into long-fibered pulp and mixes it into a vat of water along with muceline from a plant whose name I've forgotten already... Then dips a frame/strainer and rocks it mostly one direction and redips twice to build up the paper -- it's WONDERFUL stuff and best paper for traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking that I've found!
The paper was hand made to my requirements by Iwano Ichibei who is designated "Living National Treasure.of paper making by Japan. Iwano-san shipped it to Misawa-san in Tokyo for sizing -- Misawa-san shipped it to me here in Kansas City. It is about 1x2 meters (44x77 inches), very strong and very beautiful!!!
i watched several times this video... i just got it accidentally as i was looking for some cnc router related thing...
i'm european originally... and always surprised to see old techniks are known yet... and some people keep them alive...
in my language it called ""dipped paper""
named after it's tecknic... as it poured on a ""strain""" ... amazing... thanks to post this video... i suggest you a book, you might can find... theophylus presbyter.... some reprint made... so you may can buy one.
floringguy 2 years ago
'dipped' is more accurate than 'poured' for Japanese paper -- Iwano-san beats lye-cooked mulberry into long-fibered pulp and mixes it into a vat of water along with muceline from a plant whose name I've forgotten already... Then dips a frame/strainer and rocks it mostly one direction and redips twice to build up the paper -- it's WONDERFUL stuff and best paper for traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking that I've found!
-- Mike
aizurie 2 years ago
hello
where did you get that paper? from your video looking very just like was made in the medieval...
floringguy 2 years ago
The paper was hand made to my requirements by Iwano Ichibei who is designated "Living National Treasure.of paper making by Japan. Iwano-san shipped it to Misawa-san in Tokyo for sizing -- Misawa-san shipped it to me here in Kansas City. It is about 1x2 meters (44x77 inches), very strong and very beautiful!!!
aizurie 2 years ago