Woodcut Printing Workshop at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation on Saturday 3 November, 1:30-4pm

A woodcut printing demonstration and workshop will be held by trained master woodcut printers from the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints at the Daiwa Anglo-Foundation on Saturday 3 November, 2:00-4:00pm.  The workshop will be held in association with the ICN gallery.

Booking is essential and can be made through the ICN gallery: info@icn-global.com. Spaces are limited to about 20. Please arrive by 1:30pm for a 2.00pm start. 

Visitors will be able to watch how a master ‘suri-shi’ builds up layers of different colours onto the woodcut.

The woodcut used will be Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa. A limited number of visitors will have the chance of printing for themselves. The process of making woodcut prints will also be explained.

Information on the Adachi Institute’s demonstrations can be found here: Demonstrations of woodcut printing by the Adachi Institute

About the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints 

The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints is currently the last existing institution of its kind that functions as a publishing house of traditional woodcut printing where producers, carvers and printers work under one roof.

They have worked to preserve the techniques which have been passed down through generations of artists and craftsmen, many of whom are progressing in age.

Adachi agitates for the educating and training of young apprentices to ensure a survival of this traditional art form. Its mission is to preserve and advance the technology of woodcut printing by producing print works by contemporary artists such as Akira Yamaguchi as well as reproducing older works  by masters of the Edo period.

In our fast-changing and globalised society, we are witnessing a new turning point in the development of Ukiyo-e. 

As part of the ICN’s NPO Hexaproject, workshops, gallery talks and lectures on the importance of the preservation of Ukiyo-e woodcut printing will be on offer in collaboration with renowned institutions and academics during Asian Art in London, 1-10 November 2012.

Other woodcut printing workshops include:

Friday, 2 November, 4:30-6:30pm at The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts

Saturday, 3 November, 1:30pm arrival for 2:00-4:00pm at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (RSVP needed)

Sunday, 4 November at the Victoria & Albert Museum: a talk on Ukiyo-e by Dr Monika Hinkel (SOAS/V&A) 1:00-2:00pm will be followed by a live demonstration and workshop from 2:00-3:30pm.