This early Moilanen print from 2006 situates a figure beneath or within a blanket rendered through abstract means, using the everyday domestic object as a vehicle for psychological or symbolic content. [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations likely soften the boundary between figure and enveloping form, creating a sense of shelter or concealment that the title amplifies. The use of water-based pigment on dampened [washi](/glossary/washi) — the standard mokuhanga substrate — lends particular richness to textiles rendered in print, as overlapping color layers suggest the weight and weave of fabric. In combining figurative and abstract tendencies, the print reflects Moilanen's characteristic approach: a human subject given emotional context through formal means rather than narrative incident. 'Magic Blanket' predates several of her more conceptually developed series but anticipates the themes of protection, interiority, and the figure within an enveloping environment that recur in her later work.
Magic Blanket was created by Tuula Moilanen in 2006.
Magic Blanket uses Bokashi, on mokuhanga.
Magic Blanket depicts figures and abstract.
Magic Blanket measures 50 × 36 cm.
