Terry McKenna: Karuizawa Mokuhanga School: It's For Everybody

Terry McKenna is the owner and operator of the Mokuhanga School located in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan. In this episode of The Unfinished Print, Terry and I discuss sustaining a business during COVID-19, his own work, and how his school is run.  follow The Unfinished Print and my work on Instagram @popular_wheatprints, Twitter @unfinishedprint, or email me at [email protected] Show Notes: all links are hyperlinked. Just click! Karuizawa Mokuhanga School , Instagram  Richard Steiner - printmaker  Ballarat Hakkei print set  Ōmi Hakkei - this entire set can be seen here at Fuji Arts. waterfall prints by Terry McKenna Karuizawa Tourist info at  Japan-Guide.com Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan tourist visa info  The koru is the sacred frond of the Māori people of New Zealand. Along with the silver fern, it's use is considered to be sacred.  To list the many non-Japanese printmakers of Mokuhanga would be too much for these notes. In my research I haven't come across a definitive list, but one could begin with Annie Bissett, Ralph Kiggell, Paul Binnie and Elizabeth Keith, Canadian arts grants  The Japan Cultural Studies Visa  Hidehiko Goto is a baren maker from Japan. Terry referenced his book about making your own baren. I have linked a YouTube video of Mr. Goto making a baren in Hawai'i at the 2017 International Mokuhanga Conference. MI-Lab (mokuhanga innovation) is an artist in residence program designed to help promote mokuhanga and assist in its learning. The pandemic has affected Terry and MI-Lab and their main source of income, people.  MI-Lab has done some crowdfunding and will most likely do that again in the future.  If you can assist please do. sōsaku hanga was an art movement of printmaking in Japan in the early 20th century. It's main difference from ukiyo-e, and shin-hanga was its creation by one person, who carved and printed their own prints. Some famous sōsaku print artists were Onchi Kōshirō (1891-1955), Kanae Yamamoto (1892-1996), and Saitō Kiyoshi (1907-1997).  Dave Bull and Mokuhankan opening credit background music: Living In A Ghost Town by The Rolling Stones (2020) © Popular Wheat Productions 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 :)