Woodblock Wednesday - bokashi

Using the plain back of a plywood circle to practise making gradations. At first it was printing lightly because, although the wood had been soaking, it was still too dry. I used more nori and made the paint wetter, that seemed to help. Time for some research on technique, and paying close attention to how they do it on those youtube videos....

The "bright idea" was to have ochre at the top and grey at the bottom, and white in between. Lots of chances to practise...

 And eventually ...

On the back of the circle, some lines had been cut - now the fun begins -

And it's really for "fun" that I'm doing these, not with any purpose in mind, other than to get better at it, ie be able to make a predictable and/or proficient print.

When you see what's happened, you start to learn what to do next.