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Title: The Water Table
Medium: Mokuhanga, woodcut on Echizen Hongusa Torinoko washi paper
Edition: 30
Dimensions: 8.25" X 10.75"
Date: December 2018
Description: Climate controls the water table and as we are experiencing the melt of the glaciers and envisioning the loss of ocean shore-lines the conversation continues and the question still remains "what about the water table?"
The printed image on paper by Patricia Clark was separated into 15 woodblocks, carved and printed in 24 tones and colors by printer Kitamura.
Artist: Patricia Clark has embraced several roles of engagement as an Arts Educator. Master Printmaker, Professor Emeritus CSU/Long Beach and Founder of Atelier 6000 in Bend Oregon. Most recently the studio A/6 became a part of Bend Art Center, classes,exhibits and residencies are sponsored by the BAC. Her artistic language of selective seeing and mark making have engaged a series of environmental themes: A concern of the vanishing landscapes and watersheds in the Northwest the fluctuating and floating water table..
Master Printer: Kitamura Shōichi, a master carver and an accomplished printer from Kyoto, Japan, studied contemporary woodblock techniques with Professor Akira Kurosaki at Kyoto Seika University. He served as an apprentice in traditional Ukiyo-e carving techniques under Tomikichiro Tokuriki, and he conducted further research under master-carver Osamu Hotta. He serves as a member of the Kyoto Woodblock Printmaking Association and Vice-Chair of the Kyoto Branch of the Ukiyo-e Printmaking Woodblock Association of Technical Preservation.
Title: Flashback, "November 1 2017”
Medium: Mokuhanga, woodcut on Echizen Hongusa Torinoko washi paper
Edition: 38
Dimensions: 12”x15”
Date: January 2022
Description: This image on paper by Don Groscost was separated into 16 woodblocks, carved and printed in 35 tones of sumi ink. It also includes 4 embossment applications executed by printer Kitamura.
Artist: Donald Groscost has maintained a studio in New York City for the past thirty-five years. During this time, he has taught as an Instructor of Fine Arts and Art History at Caldwell College and Brookdale College. He has been invited to teach and lecture as visiting artist at several universities, colleges, and museums throughout the United States and abroad. He has exhibited and been collected in the United States, South America, Asia, Indonesia, Australia, and Europe. Donald Groscost currently splits his time between Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the Catskill mountains of New York.
Master Printer: Kitamura Shōichi, a master carver and an accomplished printer from Kyoto, Japan, studied contemporary woodblock techniques with Professor Akira Kurosaki at Kyoto Seika University. He served as an apprentice in traditional Ukiyo-e carving techniques under Tomikichiro Tokuriki, and he conducted further research under master-carver Osamu Hotta. He serves as a member of the Kyoto Woodblock Printmaking Association and Vice-Chair of the Kyoto Branch of the Ukiyo-e Printmaking Woodblock Association of Technical Preservation.