I have taught one or two color woodblock classes each year since 1997. They say to teach is to learn, and certainly these classes have taught me a great deal. Each new class increases my enjoyment of the interchange, challenge, and variety inherent to the process of making hanga color woodblock prints.

First, a few pics from the most recent class at the Concord Art Association in Concord, MA, April 11 - 13, 2008:

Bob and Helen printing on the last day.

Denis carves while Liz and Penny work on other tasks.

At the end of the last day the class gathered for a group picture while Helen was printing her last block.

Prints from the workshops

Prints are approx. 4 1/2" x 6". Included are links on the names of students who maintain web-sites of their own work (look for underlines). Each student finishes and editions their print on the last day to be able to receive a portfolio of all the prints from the class. When you consider many of these prints were made by folks who may never have carved, made prints, or sometimes even taken an art class before, it is quite exciting to think of what this imagery represents!

Workshop of 2007:

Josef Beery	Leslie Koplow	Linda Mahoney
Lisa Ilsley	Lucie Wellner	Ruth Rego
	Regina May

Workshop of 2006:

Al Converse	Alex Forbes	Stephanie Stigliano
James Graham	Ruth Ginsburg-Place	Sara Norton
Mary Forrester		Jennifer Worsley

Workshop of 2005:

Annie Bissett		Costanza Biaocco
Judith DeBiase		Michael Gersh
Stephanie Schecter	Barbara Brunner	Tom Frenna

Kristina Beal

Workshops of 2003.

Cindie Kazmer	Deloris White	Hattie Friedman
	Britta Waller	Barbara Ekedahl
Kal Edmore	Jane Buchbinder	Margot Torrey

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Workshop of 2002:

Beth King	M. J. Spring	Lynn Desmarais
Paul Davis	Brenda Asher	Margot Torrey

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Workshops of 2001:

	Carol Mortimer		Howard Peller
			John Cote
	Linda Langlais		Susan McGrew*
			* (Susan said she had never taken an art class and had almost no experience making art. Her print and the way she went about making it made quite an impresssion on me. Click on the image for a larger view.)

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I buy tools and materials for my print-making primarily from the following suppliers:

The Baren Mall, online connection to distributors in Japan - Woodlike Matsumara, a baren-maker, a paper-maker. They sell some nices brushes that are ready to use, skins for your baren.

Guerra Paint and Pigment, 510 East 12th St., NYC, 10009. (212-529-0628) Water dispersed pigments and other products for making your own paint and inks.

Kremer Pigments, 247 West 29th St., NYC, 10001. (800-995-5501) German company importing highest quality artist pigments: mica, rice paste.

McClain's Print-making Supplies, P.O. Box 40163, Portland, Oregon, 97240-0163, (800-832-4264) importer and supplier of Japanese tools and materials for use in hanga print-making: brushes, paper, glue, basswood (shina) plywood carving blocks. They have a great catalogue and web-site. Go here for supplies and materials first!

Daniel Smith, 4150 First Ave., Seattle, Washington, 98124-5508. (800-426-6740) supplier of artists tools and materials : papers, barens, brushes, inks and additives.

Japan Woodworker, 1731 Clement Ave., Alameda, CA, 94501, (800-537-7820) importer of Japanese woodworking tools: Carving knives, gouges, camellia oil.

Graphic Chemical, 728 North Yale Ave., P.O. Box 27, Villa Park, IL 60181. (800-465-7382) supplier of print-making supplies: inks, brayers, paper, carving blocks I have never used.

Woodcraft, Parkersburg, WV, 26102-1686.From Woodcraft I purchase a sweet little gouge set call Micro-gouges (USA made) (800-225-1153).

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