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Site last updated 12/8/2024.

 
 
 

I make woodblock prints using the Japanese hanga method.  Hanga is color woodblock printing entirely by hand, using a hand-held baren as a press, from multiple carved blocks.

Printing materials are water, pigments, and rice paste, the technique used to make the ukiyo-e and shin-hanga prints of Japan. 



 

 

Fascinated by how art can change the way we see our world,  I am in love with the color woodblock print, especially woodblock prints made with water using the Japanese hanga method.  I love the look of hanga prints: clean carved edges juxtaposed with a soft watercolor look to the colors. And I love the intimacy of the hanga print-making technique, especially its reliance on the simple materials of wood and water, papers and pigments.

Highest quality artist pigments, rice paste, and acid-free cotton rag paper are my printing materials.  Brushes and a hand-held baren are my printing tools. Each print is hand-rubbed, often from 10 or more separate carved blocks. Imagery is mostly of New England with a focus on the lakes, birds, mountains, and rivers of Vermont and New Hampshire.  

Significant to the making of these prints is working the colors. For that task, I rely on the Energy Theory of Color, a concept developed by Prof. Ming Meng and myself. Consider a purchase of a booklet describing our ideas on the subject:
The Energy Theory of Color.
Booklet is $20, add $5 for shipping. Booklet is also available at the Matt Brown Fine Art gallery in downtown Lyme.

   
 

  

Printing
Using my baren to print
 
   

 

Matt Brown . . . . . . . 23 Washburn Hill Rd. Lyme, NH 03768 . . . . . . 603-306-6547. . . . . . matt@mbrownfa.com