Kaoru Saito Mezzotint

Kaoru Saito MezzotintFollowing WWII, Japanese artists were exposed to western printmaking. Rather than copy western techniques, the Japanese blended existing woodblock techniques (Sosaku Hanga and Shin Hanga) with western techniques if they used western techniques at all. One technique that some adopted was called mezzotint. Mezzotint is made by taking a plate and marking it with thousands of little dots using a metal tool with small teeth, called a "rocker". In printing,

An 18th–19th century Korean painting portraying the Buddha seated in a composed

The middle two bars slide freely

and ready to be reused multiple times

areas of damage

allowing different-sized nibs to be applied

and brush-wipes intentionally composed to show the optical depth and gloss of lacquer

When not in use

made of textile

Regardless

displayed on a metal stand

large bent bamboo trays

compassionate figure of a bodhisattva