Hiraku letterpress A woman sets seedlings

A woman sets seedlings

The print presents the eggs of seven birds on the 5th Birds of Conservation Concern Red List (2021)

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Hiraku letterpress A woman sets seedlingsFusako makes her prints by cutting into plywood, often making a number of blocks to produce one image. Each block will print one colour. These are printed using watercolours, her preference being Windsor & Newton for their intensity of pigment. The watercolour is mixed to the right consistency and then applied to the block using a brush. This is transferred onto slightly dampened paper by hand using a baren (a flat disc covered in bamboo) to apply