Bi Bob Puddle Hop
by Sarah Brayer
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Sarah Brayer
$2,000–$8,000. Smaller works: $2,000–$3,500. Key value factors: Brayer's unique luminous technique on handmade washi appeals to collectors of both Japanese prints and contemporary art.
The playful, onomatopoeic title of this mokuhanga print suggests movement, rhythm, and spontaneity. Brayer frequently draws on the sensory textures of everyday life in Japan for her titles, transforming mundane observations into abstract visual experiences. The "puddle hop" evokes splashing footsteps, rain-soaked streets, and the kinetic energy of navigating wet pavement. The woodblock medium, with its capacity for both crisp edges and soft bokashi gradients, allows Brayer to suggest both the sharpness of individual droplet impacts and the diffused glow of water-reflected light. This print sits within her broader practice of finding luminosity in ordinary moments, turning fleeting sensations into compositions that hold still long enough to study.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
c. 1833-36
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Bi Bob Puddle Hop was created by Sarah Brayer in Not set.
Bi Bob Puddle Hop depicts rain and abstract.
