Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Mor_SpringTree-Ed Miliano

This is a variant or related impression within Miliano's Spring Tree group, the filename suggesting either a larger format ("Mor" reading as "more" or as the Irish word mór, meaning "great" or "large") or a particular state in a sequence. The image continues the artist's project of returning to a single tree subject across the year, here at the spring moment when the canopy begins to fill with new leaf. Water-based mokuhanga handles this transition well: thin layered impressions can build a soft chromatic mass around the structural keyblock of trunk and branches, and [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) at the canopy edge softens the silhouette into the surrounding ground. The technique owes its tonal subtlety to the absorbent [washi](/glossary/washi) substrate and the controlled dampness of the paper as each block is printed. As with the other works in the series, the print is produced through Graphic Studio Dublin, situating Miliano's practice within Ireland's contemporary fine-print scene while drawing on the centuries-old Japanese hanga lineage.