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The Blue, Blue Mountains

This mokuhanga woodblock print is inspired from our time in the Blue Mountains, Australia 🇩đŸ‡ș earlier this year. The Blue Mountains got its name from the eucalyptus trees releasing a blue-ish haze, giving the landscape a blue tinge. 

 

When I took the photo, I planned to get there early for the sunrise, but was disappointed because it was an overcast morning and couldn’t see the sun or a sunrise. I didn’t realize at the time, but my camera captured the blue-ness from the eucalyptus trees quite well! 

 

The wood grain in the sky was very physically demanding and quite difficult to get right, so I made two versions - 1, with a more obvious wood grain but lighter tone of blue and 2, darker blue but less obvious wood grain. 

 

Another inspiration is the Japanese Aizuri-e, a form of Ukioyo-e print only using shades of blue. 

 

I combined all of these different ‘blue’ elements to make “The Blue, Blue Mountains” printed on Hankusa Japanese washi paper, 

Paper size 29.5 x 21cm

Image size 24.4 x 16.6cm

Edition of 7

6 carved blocks, 13 impressions. 

 

„15,000/ $150 AUD

 

Free shipping within Japan.

The Blue, Blue Mountains

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