Artist: Mara Cozzolino
Specialty: Japanese Woodblock Printing (Mokuhanga)
Location: Avigliana (Turin), Italy
About the Artist & Practice
Since 2011, Mara Cozzolino has dedicated her time and passion to Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock printing), a traditional method she highlights as one of the few truly and entirely ecological, clean printmaking techniques in existence. Her blog serves as a chronicle of her extensive experience teaching this wonderful art form.
The Studio
Her studio-atelier is located in the historic center of Avigliana, a town roughly 25 km from Turin (accessible via a 30-minute train ride or by car via the A32 highway toward Frejus). The atelier is open to visitors daily by appointment.
The technique
You can watch all the passages needed to create Mokuhanga prints on Mara’s YouTube channel:
Video 1 – Transfer the design on the wood
Video 2 – Cutting into the woodblock
Video 3 – Printing
Works
