IMC 2024 Echizen submission

This print was Iancu's submission to the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference exhibition, held in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture — a region long associated with the production of kozo and [gampi](/glossary/gampi) [washi](/glossary/washi) for traditional Japanese woodblock printing. The 'Echizen' designation in the title signals participation in the IMC's exhibition program, which gathers contemporary mokuhanga from international practitioners. Without published imagery the specific subject cannot be confirmed, but Iancu's wider practice centers on disaster, memory, and vulnerability — themes she pursues across printmaking, performance, and edible art. Her mokuhanga work typically employs multiple [kento](/glossary/kento)-registered blocks hand-burnished with a [baren](/glossary/baren) on washi, and frequently incorporates [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradients to render atmospheric or eroded surfaces. As Vice-Chair of the International Mokuhanga Association for 2025–2027 and Associate Professor of Printmaking at Iowa State University, Iancu's IMC contributions function simultaneously as studio output and as professional engagement with the international mokuhanga community that the IMA convenes triennially.