How I Became a Printmaker: A Chat w. Wuon-Gean Ho | Japan Station 101

On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, printmaker Wuon-Gean Ho joins us to talk about her time living and studying in Japan, printmaking, ukiyoe and more.

About Wuon-Gean Ho Wuon-Gean Ho is an accomplished printmaker and is currently a Research Associate at the University of the West England's Center for Print Research. Topics Discussed

• About spending time in Kagoshima as part of the JET Programme
• Studying veterinary medicine
• Getting the Monbukagakusho Scholarship and studying in Japan
• Studying under printmaker Akira Kurosaki
• About making prints inspired by Wuon-Gean Ho's time studying verinarian medicine
• Learning how to make woodblock prints in Japan
• About learning Japanese while in Japan
• About the process of making a woodblock print
• About tacit knowledge as it relates to woodblock printmaking
• About the gomazuri technique in printmaking
• Documenting printmaking techniques
• About the bokashi effect in woodblock printmaking
• About some of Wuon-Gean Ho's favorite ukiyo-e woodblock print artists
• About the Honolulu Museum of Art's woodblcok print collection
• About Wuon-Gean Ho's printmaking workshops and general work
• And much more!

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