John Edgar

John Edgar, from Reed's MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand series, honors the New Zealand sculptor known for working with stone — basalt, granite, marble — often in inlaid, geometrically precise forms that engage measurement, weight, and the fault line between materials. The mokuhanga print likely translates Edgar's vocabulary of paired and laminated stones, cross-sections, and crystalline planes into the flat language of the carved block. As Reed's submission to the 2021 IMC [sumi](/glossary/sumi)-themed juried exhibition in Nara, the work would emphasize black ink, with the depth and density of stone evoked through [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations and the textural pressure of the [baren](/glossary/baren) on dampened [washi](/glossary/washi). [Kento](/glossary/kento) registration enables the clean meeting of inlaid forms — a printed analogue to Edgar's joinery in stone. The portrait sits within the MANZ set's wider concern with relief, weight, and inscribed surface, drawing a quiet line between the carved block, the struck medal, and the cut and polished stone — three traditions of marking material with intention.