"YEAR OF THE ROOSTER 2005 NEW YEARS CARD"

Moku-Hanga Japanese water-based technique woodblock print.
Block: All Shina Plywood (specifically made for printmakers).
Paper: Japanese Shin-Torinoko White
Ink: Water-based.
Size: 4" wide x 6" high.
Hand Printed with Murasaki soft baren.
Year produced: 2007.

Ink gradation technique (bokashi): a beginner's poor attempt at trying to blend two colors together simultaneously on the block, printing with one or two passes.

I enjoyed this piece even though its a simple design.

Carved haiku:

first sun
rising with each beat
of my heart

b'oki.
--haiku won 1st place in the World Haiku Club's New Year's Kukai 2003(?)