The Unfinished Print : A Mokuhanga Podcast

Aafke Ytsma - Printmaker : Subconscious Worlds

Sep 29, 2026

One of the things that I have observed about mokuhanga printmakers is that they are always striving to get better in their practice. Mokuhanga is a printmaking medium that challenges the maker in many different ways, and navigating those challenges through hard work and experimentation can ultimately be a very rewarding...

Paul Denhoed - Paper Educator & Paper Maker : The Economy of Scale

Sep 17, 2026

For the past few years, I have begun to study Japanese washi in my own time. As a mokuhanga printmaker, and through The Unfinished Print, I have been taught to see Japanese washi in many different ways: how it is made, how it is used, and, more importantly for me, how people view this indelible medium in our mokuhanga...

Inga Eičaitė - Printmaker : Everyone Should Have Freedom

Aug 29, 2026

Blending different cultures, whether artistically or internationally, comes into play in everyone’s mokuhanga. Your work is infused with your life, your city, your family, and even cultures from abroad. I personally think it’s inescapable, and that’s what makes mokuhanga such a beautiful medium to explore.

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Melissa Schulenberg - Printmaker : A Beautiful Jump

Jul 25, 2026

Producers of mokuhanga prints who also teach art at the academic level have always intrigued me. The balance between the solitary work of a printmaker and the responsibilities of teaching a wide range of artistic disciplines must be both complex and, at times, challenging. It raises questions such as: How much of my...

Daniel Kelly - Printmaker : You've Got To Do It Yourself

Jun 21, 2026

The longer you create mokuhanga, the more your individual tastes reveal themselves in your own work, your style, your ideas, and your unique way of seeing the world. These are the qualities that make a mokuhanga artist or craftsperson shine, and they represent the place many practitioners aspire to reach.

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