028 - Washi Sticker

The 028 entry in Goesel's washi sticker series continues her exploration of small-format mokuhanga as both edition and ongoing material study. Like its companions, the work is a hand-printed woodblock impression on adhesive washi, produced using water-based pigments rubbed through the paper with a baren. The stickers are conceived sequentially rather than as discrete one-off prints, a working method that aligns with the contemporary mokuhanga turn toward serial, process-led practice. Numbering rather than titling each piece foregrounds the cumulative nature of the project and resists the descriptive conventions of meisho-e or kacho-e traditions. The compact scale demands precise carving of the key block and disciplined registration between color blocks, since the kento marks have less surface area to forgive misalignment. Within Goesel's wider body of work, the sticker series sits alongside the larger sheets she has shown at international venues such as the 2024 Echizen conference.