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How to print bokashi | A meditative journey into Japanese woodblock printing
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 18 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
London-based printmaker Hiroko Imada prints bokashi, the soft hand-blended gradient of Japanese woodblock, showing how the block is wetted and the pigment brushed.
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