• Jennifer Worsley

    Woodblock Prints, Drawings and Pastels

     

     

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    September 12-14, 2024
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    in Salt Lake City

  • Pastels

    Sonoma Foothills With Clouds
    LIttle Cottonwood Creek in June - sold
    Clouds and Granite, Near Alta - sold
    Little Cottonwood Canyon in May - sold
    New Meadows Sunset in August - sold
    Little Cottonwood Creek in October - sold
    Spring Clouds Over Salt Lake - sold
    Big Cottonwood Creek, Early November - sold
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    Big Cottonwood Canyon in September - sold
    September Sunset--McCall - sold
    Big Cottonwood Creek--Late October - sold
    Late Winter--Grandeur Peak - sold
    Big Cottonwood Canyon With Clouds - sold
    Little Cottonwood Creek in July
    Sunset over the Great Salt Lake - sold

  • Drawings

    The Waterfall
    Little Cottonwood Rocks
    Rocks Above the Falls
    Morning At Kaaterskill Falls

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    Woodblock Prints  

     

    My woodblock prints are made using water based inks applied to the block with brushes, a technique used in the Japanese printmaking tradition.

    A lot of planning and experimenting goes into making a woodblock print, and the process involves many separate carving and printing steps.

     

    October Moon Over Mt. Olympus

    October Moon Over Mt. Olympus

    Late August Sunset

    Late August Sunset

    Summer Light

    Summer Light

    Full Moon at Sunset

    Full Moon at Sunset

    Trees in October

    Trees in October

    Road Through The Palouse

    Road Through The Palouse

    Highway in the Desert

    Highway in the Desert

    Keys Sunset

    Keys Sunset

    Crescent Sky

    Crescent Sky

    Mountains in Summer

    Mountains in Summer

    July Sunset

    July Sunset

    Stream on a Summer Morning

    Stream on a Summer Morning

    Highway and Cumulus

    Highway and Cumulus

    Sunset on the Payette River

    Sunset on the Payette River

    Creek in Evening

    Creek in Evening

    Winter Sunset on the Lake

    Winter Sunset on the Lake

    Evening Clouds

    Evening Clouds

    Parley's Canyon

    Parley's Canyon

    View From Guardsman's Pass

    View From Guardsman's Pass

    Dusk Over the Great Salt Lake

    Dusk Over the Great Salt Lake

    Evening At North Beach

    Evening At North Beach

    Midsummer in Parley's Canyon

    Midsummer in Parley's Canyon

    River Delta at 30,000 Feet

    River Delta at 30,000 Feet

    Late Summer Sunset at Saltair

    Late Summer Sunset at Saltair

    The Waterfall

    The Waterfall

    The River in Spring

    The River in Spring

    Lake With Summer Clouds

    Lake With Summer Clouds

    Stream on a Summer Afternoon

    Stream on a Summer Afternoon

    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds On Payette Lake

    Summer Clouds On Payette Lake

    The River in October

    The River in October

    Fall Light on the Stream

    Fall Light on the Stream

    Dusk In the Mountains

    Dusk In the Mountains

    Aspens in Summer

    Aspens in Summer

    Early Summer Morning

    Early Summer Morning

    The River in September

    The River in September

    Sky Full of Clouds

    Sky Full of Clouds

    Grand Staircase to Kodachrome

    Grand Staircase to Kodachrome

    Clouds Over Mt. Olympus

    Clouds Over Mt. Olympus

    Sunset Over Antelope Island

    Sunset Over Antelope Island

    Salt Lake Valley With Snow

    Salt Lake Valley With Snow

    Winter Sky and Snow

    Winter Sky and Snow

    Desert Sky

    Desert Sky

    Morning Clouds

    Morning Clouds

    West of Salt Lake...

    West of Salt Lake...

    Summertime Foothills

    Summertime Foothills

    Guardsman's

    Guardsman's

    Canyon With Summer Clouds

    Canyon With Summer Clouds

    Clouds Over the Palouse

    Clouds Over the Palouse

    Canyonlands Dusk

    Canyonlands Dusk

    New Meadows Dusk

    New Meadows Dusk

    Midnight Drive

    Midnight Drive

    Summer Afterglow

    Summer Afterglow

    Moonrise Before Sunset

    Moonrise Before Sunset

    Shadows on the Uintas

    Shadows on the Uintas

    White Rim at Sunset

    White Rim at Sunset

  • Moku hanga is a Japanese method of woodblock printmaking. It is water based, and brushes are used to apply pigment to the woodblock. A starch paste, traditionally made from rice, is also used to manipulate the pigment texture. The technique allows for subtle transparent layers of color, each of which adds a different dimension to the image.

     

    The interaction of paper, wood, and water in moku hanga lends itself to printing by hand. This is what I do with all my prints, using a baren, which is a Japanese rubbing tool designed specifically for woodblock printing.

     

    Many of my prints are made using a reduction technique, which involves printing the woodblock in one color, then carving areas of the block away, and printing over top of the first layer in a new color, revealing the carved areas as I go. This continues until I have the final image, often a process of fifteen or more colors and carving stages.

     

    With this reduction technique, my edition size (generally between fifteen and thirty prints) must be decided in advance, because the block is carved away in the process and the design can not be reprinted.

     

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