YUIKO NAGANO

浮世絵と同じ水性多色刷り木版で制作しています。木版画は、木や和紙といった自然の素材を使った、素朴で味わい深い表現方法です 。版木の一つひとつを彫り、水彩絵の具で着彩し、バレンを使って紙に刷り込む過程で生まれる質感は、版画独特の色の重なりや掠れた表情があります 。

I create my artwork using traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing, the same technique used in ukiyo-e. Woodblock printing is a simple yet deeply expressive medium crafted from natural materials such as wood and washi paper.
Each block is carefully hand-carved, inked with watercolor pigments, and pressed onto paper using a baren. This process imbues each print with its distinctive textures—subtle color layering and the soft, organic brushwork unique to this traditional craft.