Patty Hudak - Printmaker: Entering The Method

Patty Hudak is an accomplished artist, one who uses nature, and the human condition for her work. For Patty, the intimacy of mokuhanga has been a part of her artistic journey. In this episode of The Unfinished Print I speak with artist Patty Hudak about her mokuhanga journey, her process, as well as where her artistic pursuits have taken her, around the world. We also speak in length about the current show, The World Between The Block and The Paper, at The Southern Vermont Arts Center, one in which Patty had much to do with. The show is currently being held until March, 27th, 2022. In that conversation we touch on her work with the mokuhanga group, The Mokuhanga Sisters, the history and relationship of that group as well as the rich history of the many artists and teachers involved with the show.  Please follow The Unfinished Print and my own print work on Instagram @popular_wheatprints, Twitter @unfinishedprint, or email me at [email protected] Notes: may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Patty Hudak - website, Instagram The World  Beteween The Block and the Paper - was a mokuhanga centered show held at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont from December, 11, 2021 to March, 27, 2022. It was hosted and presented by SVAC and the Mokuhanga Sisters, a mokuhanga collective of mokuhanga artists and teachers from around the world. More info, here.  Yoonmi Nam - artist who works in lithography and woodblock mokuhanga. website, Instagram  Mia-O - artist who works in painting and mokuhanga. website, Instagram  The Mokuhanga Sisters - are a mokuhanga collective consisting of Yoonmi Nam, Mariko Jesse, Lucy May Schofield, Melissa Schulenberg, Kate MacDonagh, Katie Baldwin, Mia-O, Patty Hudak, and Natasha Norman. Instagram 798 Art District Beijing - also called Dashanzi is an old reworked industrial district located, now art space located  in Beijing, China, beginning in 2002. More info, here.   Chen Qi - is an artist and professor from Nanjing who lives in Beijing. His printwork is predominantly in black and white. Some of it can be found, here, here, and here.  Claire Cuccio PhD - is a printmaker and woodblock print scholar. She is a part of WoodPaperHand.org Ralph Kiggell - (1960-2022) was a British woodblock printmaker based in Thailand. He worked in different types of paper making and collage. He was an author, academic and valuable resource of all things woodblock. website MI Lab - Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory is located in Tōkyō. It is a place set up for learning mokuhanga. The artist-in-residence program, having been held since 2011 on Lake Kawaguchi near Mt. Fuji, is an application based program hosting international mokuhanga practitioners who are looking to move their work forward. More information can be found, here. April Vollmer - a mokuhanga printmaker and author. Her book Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop is an important book on the subject of mokuhanga and can be found, here. website.  Tuula Moilanen - is a Finnish woodblock printmaker and scholar on the subject, and founder of the Finnish Woodcut Artists Society. website Art Byte Critique - a network of artists in Tōkyō and around the world. website  Louis Rouse -  is a translater, printmaker, artist, scholar and academic based in Tōkyō, Japan. website, Instagram, interview with Global Speed, here.  Motoharu Asaka - is a woodblock carver and printer based in Tōkyō, Japan. website Lucy May Schofield - is a printmaker, photographer, and scroll maker (kakemono, 掛物) and is based in England. website, Instagram. Kate MacDonagh - is an Irish mokuhanga printmaker based in Dublin, Ireland. Kanreki was an exhibition curated by Kate MacDonagh at The Model, Sligo. Kate's website. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) - was an Irish poet who's work contained elements of Irish history, legends and heroes. more info, here.  Katsutoshi Yuasa - is a printmaker and artist based in Tokyo, Japan. His work tends to be large scale, and created through photography, bits, and focuses on the overall "image" itself.  website, Instagram Michael D. Higgins - the ninth President of Ireland. Dublin Castle - built in the thirteenth century and was the centre of English and British rule of Ireland and returned to Ireland in 1922. more info, here.  Sailing to Byzantium - a poem by WB Yeats. It is also an installation by Patty Hudak.  Literati Culture of China - the "four arts" associated with cultured, literate males : music, the game of go, calligraphy, and painting, as well as poetry and lyrical essays. more info, here.  Katie Baldwin - a woodblock printmaker, letterpress, screen printer. website, Instagram Jennifer Mack-Watkins -  is an artist who works in woodblock print and screen print. Her interview with me can be found, here.  website.  Annie Bissett - is an artist and woodblock printmaker. website her interview with me can be found, here.  Florence Neal - is an artist who works in woodblock, sculpture, and draftsperson. website Terry McKenna - is an Australian artist based in Karuizawa, Japan. He runs the Karuizawa Mokuhanga school and is a mokuhanga artist. His interview with me is, here.  Melissa Schulenberg - woodblock printmaker and teacher. some of her work can be found, here.  College Women's Association of Japan - an organization dedicated to education and the arts. website. CWAJ print show website.  Cone Editions Press - based in Vermont and focuses on digital printmaking working with artists for exhibitions around the world. website bokashi - is a technique in mokuhanga where pigment and water are used together to make a gradation, adding depth to your print.  Carl Jung's The Red Book - is a series of writings by the late psychoanalyst about the unconscious mind. NPR has a good write up about it, here.  Mount Mansfield - is the tallest mountain in Vermont. It is 4393 ft. Mount Equinox - the second highest mountain in Vermont. The monastery on the mountain is connected to the Carthusian Order.  Reika Iwami (1927-2020) - was a sōsaku hanga printmaker. Artelino has some of her work, here. kitakata paper - a printing paper made of Philippine gampi fibre.  Ozu Washi - is a paper store located in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. website, Instagram pansion paper - is a medium-heavy paper and can be found at Ozu Washi, here.  McClains Printmaking Supplies - is an American woodblock printmaking supply store located in Portland, Oregon. website  Mariko Jesse - is an illustrator and woodblock printmaker. website, Instagram.  cubism - is a style of abstract painting created in 1907 by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). more info, here. hon baren - a top of the line hand made baren made by craftsmen in Japan. It comes in different strands, 8, 12, and 16. McClains sells them, here.  Shoichi Kitamura - is a master carver based in Japan. A nice article about his work can be found, here.  opening and closing credit music - The Rolling Stones"Just Your Fool" from Blue And Lonesome, 2016. © Popular Wheat Productions logo designed and produced by Douglas Batchelor and André Zadorozny  Disclaimer: Please do not reproduce or use anything from this podcast without shooting me an email and getting my express written or verbal consent. I'm friendly :) if you find any issue with something in the show notes please let me know. ***The opinions expressed in The Unfinished Print podcast are not necessarily those of Andre Zadorozny and of Popular Wheat Productions.***