IMC 2024 Echizen submission

This print was submitted to the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC), held in Echizen — a region in Fukui Prefecture with a thousand-year tradition of [washi](/glossary/washi) papermaking and a center of contemporary mokuhanga practice. The triennial IMC exhibitions gather work from practitioners worldwide and typically reward technical command of the medium alongside individual artistic voice. Norman's submission reflects her dual training: Western relief printmaking learned at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School, and mokuhanga study undertaken through Japanese residencies. Works produced for IMC submissions are commonly printed on Echizen-made [kozo](/glossary/kozo) papers using the [kento](/glossary/kento) registration system, with multiple blocks layered to build color through transparent water-based pigments rather than opaque ink. The print likely demonstrates the controlled [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi), tight registration, and quiet tonal range that characterise her mature mokuhanga output. Its inclusion in the 2024 conference places Norman within an active international community of printmakers extending the mokuhanga tradition beyond Japan, and confirms her position as one of the leading South African practitioners working in the medium.