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Ko Umi Park
小海公園 |
The Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory (MI-LAB) Studio is located on the banks of the Kawaguchi Lake. It hosts several times a year Moku hanga training programs for foreign artists.
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| MI-Lab Kawaguchiko Studio |
I attended to the fall session from October 27th to November 30th 2019 with five other artists. The residency is ideally situated at the foot of Mount Fuji in a traditional Japanese land house.
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| Fuji San 富士山 |
Our studious days were punctuated by the sound of the primary school bell, the call of our house keeper Sato San for lunchtime and the fleeting apparitions of Fuji San between the clouds.
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| Katsuyama middle school students - 勝山中学生 |
Our teachers were very talented and, whilst teaching us the basics of Moku hanga, they opened doors to infinite fields of graphic experimentation.
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| The neighbourhood of MI-Lab - 勝山 |
Every day we had delicious lunch and dinner from the local catering
Samurai
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| Moku Hanga woodblock printing 木版画 |
The five weeks of the program passed so quickly. I only made four prints…
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| 富士山 |
…and didn't even have the time to paint my own thirty-six views of Mount Fuji.
