Dawn, Lyell Fork (Tuolumne: Yosemite, Book I)
- Medium:
- Color woodcut on handmade Japanese washi
- Dimensions:
- 8 × 8 cm
- Image courtesy of
- Annex Galleries Fine Prints
Part of a series dedicated to the Tuolumne meadows region of Yosemite, this print depicts the Lyell Fork river at first light, capturing the cool blue-gray palette of high-Sierra dawn before the sun crests the surrounding peaks. Printed on handmade Japanese [washi](/glossary/washi), the sheet's absorbent surface allows the water-based pigments to diffuse subtly, producing soft edges where mist or low light meets the stream's surface. The choice of washi connects this California landscape directly to Japanese printmaking practice, a deliberate continuity given Schwaberow's lineage through the Yoshida family. The still water of the Lyell Fork would provide an opportunity for reflected color and horizontal compositional banding, techniques well-suited to the graduated [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) washes central to the mokuhanga process.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Dawn, Lyell Fork (Tuolumne: Yosemite, Book I) was created by Micah Schwaberow.
Dawn, Lyell Fork (Tuolumne: Yosemite, Book I) depicts landscapes and night scenes.
Dawn, Lyell Fork (Tuolumne: Yosemite, Book I) measures 8 × 8 cm.
