Tumble
- Date:
- 2019
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (woodblock print)
- Dimensions:
- 36.2 × 52.1 cm
- Image courtesy of
- Artist website
Description
Tumble (2019) is a mokuhanga print encompassing both landscape and garden subjects, suggesting a scene of cascading or disordered organic forms — fallen leaves accumulating in a garden corner, water spilling over rocks, or autumn vegetation collapsing into itself. The subject allows Brodbeck to exploit one of mokuhanga's strengths: building complex overlapping forms through transparent, water-based pigment layers that accumulate depth without muddiness. Multiple block passes create the impression of layered material — leaves on top of leaves, stems crossing stems — each impression adding tonal information to a unified whole. The 2019 date places it within a productive period of her practice.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tumble was created by Mary Brodbeck in 2019.
Tumble depicts landscapes and gardens.
Tumble measures 36.2 × 52.1 cm.