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The Unfinished Print : A Mokuhanga Podcast

May 31, 2026

On this episode of The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast, I have the opportunity to speak with Kazuko Hioki, Head of Preservation and Preservation Librarian/Conservator at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. We discuss how washi was used in book preservation during the Edo period in Japan, its connection...


Apr 20, 2026

When mokuhanga becomes a passion, I find it has the ability to clarify everything, in how you see the world, how you take everything in, and even how you analyze it. Mokuhanga has the ability to make so many things come into focus, pointing you into a clearer direction.
 
On this episode, I speak with Australian...


Mar 26, 2026

Mokuhanga is a medium that invites an adventurous side to ones personality. It can carry your ambitions to different places, allowing you to explore and grow—not only in your work, but in yourself.
 
Raluca Iancu joins me, a mokuhanga printmaker who investigates her practice through other forms of printmaking, travel,...


Feb 26, 2026

As regular listeners may know, in my free time, I’vbe been  researching Japanese washi. I’m looking for the “perfect paper," something that I can return to again and again in my own prints. It hasn’t been straightforward. There’s a lot of washi out there. A lot to test. A lot to understand. The...


Jan 31, 2026

I’m trying to make my travels to and from Japan as fruitful as possible—through interviews, printing and carving, and by continuing to educate myself about mokuhanga. The goal is to keep improving, to make work I’m truly proud of, and to bring you the highest quality content I’m capable of.

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