Biography
Amanda Danford is an American mokuhanga (Japanese water-based woodblock) printmaker whose practice combines traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques with contemporary approaches.
Danford's print 'New Beginnings,' a mokuhanga woodcut with an oil-based ink layer measuring 35.6 by 27.9 centimeters, was selected for the juried exhibition of the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference, held in Echizen, Japan, in 2024. In the print, the first four layers are printed in water-based mokuhanga for a matte finish, with a final layer of oil-based ink reserved for highlights. The work was shown in the exhibition's Americas section, one of forty-seven prints by artists from North and South America.
The 2024 conference, held under the theme 'Inheritance and Innovation: Mokuhanga Artists Explore Japanese Paper,' gathered a juried exhibition of one hundred and forty prints by artists from around the world. Danford's inclusion places her within the international community of mokuhanga practitioners working to advance the medium while honoring its traditional foundations.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
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Frequently Asked Questions
Amanda Danford is an American mokuhanga (Japanese water-based woodblock) printmaker whose practice combines traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques with contemporary approaches.
Amanda Danford's work was shaped by the Contemporary Mokuhanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Contemporary Mokuhanga: Contemporary mokuhanga (literally "wood-block print") encompasses artists working from approximately 1970 to the present who continue or reinvent traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques.