IMC 2024 Echizen submission

Submitted to the International Mokuhanga Conference held in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture in 2024, this print represents Gribbin's contribution to the triennial gathering of mokuhanga practitioners convened in Japan's historic [washi](/glossary/washi)-producing region. As a returning participant more than a decade after her 2012 residency at the Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory at Lake Kawaguchi, Gribbin's submission continues her sustained engagement with water-based woodblock printing while carrying the visual vocabulary of tropical Australia to a Japanese audience. Conference exchange prints typically address themes of place, materiality, or technique, and Gribbin's practice consistently centers the waters, mangroves, and tidal ecologies of the Northern Territory near Darwin. Technical hallmarks recurrent in her output — soft [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations pulled with the [baren](/glossary/baren) on Echizen washi, layered transparent pigments suggesting water depth and atmospheric humidity, and a restrained composition organized around horizon and surface — align with the contemplative register favored at IMC exhibitions. The work situates her within an international community extending mokuhanga beyond its historical Japanese contexts.