Then they move the blocks onto the hard pavement. Takizawa was on hand all week to advise the KCAI students as they worked on their large blocks.įirst, the students use rollers to cover the face of the blocks with thick, black ink.
This year the students had the help of visiting printmaking artist Taro Takizawa, currently the printmaking artist-in-residence at the Lawrence Arts Center. It takes that whole village or community coming together in order to make sure you get that perfect print.” "To roll the ink out, put that either cloth or paper down, and then eventually to drive that road roller on. “Each person has carved their own block but, ultimately, to actually pull that print off together, you do have to help each other," Neuhold-Ravikumar said. This block, featuring fish and other aquatic life, is carved in reverse. KCUR 89.3 Students were assigned a watery theme for this printmaking project. It takes many hands to prepare the blocks for printing, so students have to collaborate. Johannes Gutenberg’s Bible and the printing press he invented laid the groundwork for the mass production of books. In Europe, the first book with moveable type was printed in 1455. When printing on paper was invented in China, around 700 A.D., the ability to create multiples helped make art and literature more affordable. “Printmaking is a really old, traditional craft of transferring ink onto either cloth or paper from a carved surface like wood or linoleum - and to do it really large is extremely special,” Neuhold-Ravikumar said.īefore printmaking, works were painstakingly copied by hand. KCAI President Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar said this annual event is a chance to share the process on an epic scale. To create the cleanest image, printmaking requires controlled, even pressure. Typically this work is done in a studio - not out on the pavement. It's just back and forth, there's nothing to it.” "It's like driving in a kid's toy, you know. Students at the Kansas City Art Institute used an industrial road roller last week to make large woodblock prints.
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