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Some really cool people made this video of what goes on in the studio leading up to “True North Far South” my next show coming soon to Port Jackson Press Print Gallery. 1-25th November. A shout out to Neon Nursery [music] and Carlos Prieto Cabrera [image]. I’m quite chuffed to see the workings through someone else’s eyes. thank you, enjoy.

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Technique in the spotlight: What is Mokulito?

Our latest exhibition True North Far South by Danielle Creenaune includes prints created through the Mokulito wood lithography technique. Indeed, this rarely-seen and difficult-to-master process is something for which Creenaune is widely celebrated. Yet, because of its rarity, this has led many of our collectors and gallery visitors to ask: what is Mokulito?

As an expert on the process, who has spent many years acquiring the knowledge and skill to practice Mokulito, we think it’s appropriate to let the artist herself  shed some light on this little-known process.

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Mokulito or Wood Lithography, is a form of printmaking based on principles of lithography using wood as a printing matrix instead of limestone. This technique was developed by professor Seishi Ozaku, in Japan in the 1970’s. Josef Budka and his daughter Ewa have realized further development of the process in Poland.

To give a simplistic description of the technical process, a sanded plywood surface is drawn on with lithographic drawing materials. Once dry, a layer of gum arabic is applied to the wood as an etch and left to dry to be printed another day. The same lithographic principle that oil and water don’t mix applies. The gum arabic is washed out before printing and the matrix is ready to be printed in a similar way to traditional lithography keeping the surface damp, applying ink using a roller and running through the press.

In my own practice, I’ve adapted this simplified process, combining it with elements of the traditional Japanese method, traditional lithography and also those stemming from my own discoveries.

Some unique characteristics of Mokulito are that it produces small editions usually of under 10 prints, each of which is varied. The image provides a wood texture which can also be combined with woodcut. As the printing progresses, the wood texture generally becomes more prevalent and tones are altered until the image gradually deteriorates. The image matrix is unstable in contrast to traditional lithography and generally cannot be reused, washed out or reprinted at a later stage. When thinking in terms of traditionally editioned forms of printmaking, some of these elements could be viewed as disadvantages however, I find them liberating as they allow for some unpredictable and surprising results.

For me, Mokulito is a very organic process due to it’s variability, flexibility and the pace at which the matrix can be processed and printed. Although at first glance prints in the edition may seem the same, each possesses it’s own unique attributes. With large scale image making it allows for working more intuitively, where the subtleties of wood texture can be achieved and colour and composition can be explored more freely.

Danielle Creenaune

October 2015

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Technique in the spotlight: What is Mokulito?

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Posted @withrepost • @solandergallery Our end of year online group exhibition 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 presents an exciting collection of over 50 small(er) scale artworks across a range of mediums from our portfolio of artists. 22 Nov - 25 Dec image: Damon Kowarsky ‘𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘯’ 2022, etching and aquatint’ 330 x 255mm, edition 9 #contemporaryart #onlineexhibition #smallworks #printmaking #collage #painting #drawing #solandergallery #pōneke #artgallery #byapponitment @damonkowarsky @belindagriffithsart @daniellecreenaune @weilunha @john.pusateri @kaihaukai1 @jacquelineaust1 @nuala_gregory For a preview of all works visit our website [link in profile] or please email: info@solandergallery.co.nz (at Solander Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClcGiyNhazU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Tuesday be like 💥 phwoar ..thank you print gods 🙏🏽 a killer playlist got me through a very long 10 hour printing day. Mobile on silent no distractions. [sorry for those messages I didn't reply to] let's do it again tomorrow. Yep, babysitter coming 🎉 . #printmaking #printmaker #phonesilent #daniellecreenaune #contemporaryprintmaking #portjacksonpress #truenorthfarsouth #mokulito #woodlitho #naipalm #studiovibes #artcomesfirst #hiatuskaiyote #art (at Barcelona, Spain)

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detail👉🏾 new corner of my world off the press today #chinecollé a gogo #mokulito #truenorthfarsouth #woodlitho #productivesummer #printmaking #printmaker #contemporaryprintmaking #blackink #print #art #landscape #abstractlandscape #abstract #gesture #studiovibes #daniellecreenaune (at Barcelona, Spain)

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La Rosada. #chinecollé #mokulito . Unique state print, one only, showing now in Inside Worlds @solandergallery New Zealand til 5 August. 66 x 76cm 2016/17. #printmaking #solandergallery #artnewzealand #art #contemporaryprintmaking #contemporaryart #landscape #woodlitho #daniellecreenaune #printmaker #abstractlandscape (at Solander: Works On Paper)

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#studiovibes #musicalyouth #wednesday . . . . #art #printmaking #mokulito #woodlitho #contemporaryprintmaking #daniellecreenaune (at Barcelona, Spain)

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Back to black 🖤. #woodlitho #mokulito #printmaking #workonpaper #wip #landscape #wood #print #portjacksonpress #daniellecreenaune #landscape #abstractlandscape #art #woodcut #xilografia #gravat #grabado (at Barcelona, Spain)

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#litho in proggy detail. Liked how this breezy wash turned out. #wip . . . #lithography #litografia #blackandwhite #blancoynegro #art #arte #minimal #abstract #abstractlandscaoe #landscape #wash #tusche #daniellecreenaune #printmaking #printmaker #studiovibes (at Barcelona, Spain)

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The only foto I have from before last night's show l'Espai Pere Pruna barcelona. On til 31 March. Fins al 31 de març - El libre en femení. Gracies @pujol_maria @silviajapkin @nuriarossellart @francescapoza #gravat #printmaking #espaiperepruna #sugarlift #abstractlandscape #artistsbook #transcend #daniellecreenaune #elllibreenfemeni #etching #book #landscape (at Centre Cívic Pere Pruna)

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Dilluns de muntatge...🔨 Monday hanging day for 'El Llibre en Femeni' Inaugurem el Dijous 9 Març a les 19h 🥂 en l'Espai Pere Pruna Barcelona amb @pujol_maria @francescapoza @silviajapkin @nuriarossellart #grabado #printmaking #art #barcelonagram #limitededition #daniellecreenaune #landscape #abstractlandscape #transcend #etching #sugarlift #espaiperepruna #gravat #artistsbook #bookart (at Barcelona, Spain)

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detail 👉🏾 new mokulito wood litho off the press now #happymondays .Always a surprise in store. . . . . #printmaking #mokulito #woodlitho #printworkshop #lithography #daniellecreenaune #landscape #woodtexture print #art #wip #workonpaper #printmaker #barcelona #japanesepaper #gravat #grabado #woodgrain #portjacksonpress (at Barcelona, Spain)

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GRAVAT, PAISATGE I ESPONTANEÏTAT, Curs de l'estiu per Danielle Creenaune. 10-14 Julio 2017 inscripciones i info www.farreracan.cat . . . En gravat disposem de moltes tècniques innovadores i durant aquest curs s'explora l'aprenentatge en algunes d'aquestes tècniques. Inspirant-nos amb el paisatge únic de Farrera, aprofitarem aquest lloc tan especial per a aprendre i transmetre idees de manera natural i espontània a través del gravat. El curs va destinat a persones creatives, amb o sense coneixements previs, i molt especialment a artistes plàstics i visuals motivats per a conèixer noves tècniques d'estampació. #cursodegrabado #cursdegravat #farrera #centredartinatura #pallarssobira #artandnature #nature #art #summercourse #daniellecreenaune #muntanya #pirineos #pirineuscatalans #cursdelestiu #printmaking #printmaker (at Farrera, Cataluna, Spain)

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Japanese stab binding of new book 'when the sea wakes inside you' 2017. On show from this thurs 20 April #elllibreenfemeni @centrecivicurgell barcelona #encuadernación Àngels Arroyo barcelona . . . #artistsbooks #binding #stabbinding #book #indigo #bookbinding #sea #daniellecreenaune #llibre #libro #librodeartista #blue #azul #linen #textile #indigodye (at Barcelona, Spain)

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🔛 now @queenscliffgalleryworkshop . Throwback to a few weeks ago in oz with master printer Tom Goulder deliberately hiding behind one of my new prints on show now at @queenscliffgalleryworkshop . #qgwstreetonprints. 'From Barren Grounds'. Woodlitho edition 4. 2017 #hehatesfotos .the blurb for those can be bothered reading more 😂. .... "My approach in creating these works was to look at the landscape genre used by Streeton in relation to places which I also know and have experienced. Growing up on the South Coast NSW Illawarra Region, I was keen to find out whether Streeton had visited and created work in the area. I was pointed to only a few examples by Michael Organ from the University of Wollongong and “The Vale of Mittagong 1892’’ was enough to forge the idea to create new work following visits to the general areas where Streeton would have visited and create my own responses. On a recent trip to the area, I made fields trips - walking and sketching. Inspired by the landscape and atmosphere of the Barren Grounds area, I chose to work in close with the forest undergrowth with works such as “A Surveyor’s Camp 1896" in the back of my mind. From my sketches I made “From Barren Grounds” and “To Budderoo” in the weeks that followed at Duckprint Limited Editions, Port Kembla in collaboration with Master Printer Tom Goulder." #hatesfotos #queenscliffgalleryworkshop #printmaker #printmaking #landscape #abstractlandscape #australianprintmaker #daniellecreenaune #mokulito #art #printworkshop #duckprintlimitededitions #portkembla #barrengrounds #woodlitho #workonpaper #blackandwhite #mokulito

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Tea and ink up #printmaking #printmaker #abstractlandscape #art #print #duckprintlimitededitions #woodlitho #mokulito #qgw #daniellecreenaune #qgwstreetonprints #australianprintmaking #ink #tea (at Duckprint Fine Art Ltd Editions)