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Cover/Rubbing Surface & Handle - Bamboo Sheath.

This tool is equipped with a large inner coil which gives more heavier pressure, and a flat surface which is good for printing on thicker paper and a much larger areas. This Japanese Sosaku Beta Baren is perfect for pressing down printing paper on a wood block relief and covers wider areas for more efficient woodblock printing. These tools can be sharpened on water stones and should last a very long time.A traditional tool that can be used for water based or oil based inks. (Note, however, that my first print was carved entirely with u-gouges.) Then the unwanted areas are cleared away with u-gouges and clearing chisels in sequence. In the Japanese cutting method, a tool called a to is used to outline all lines and color areas.

These tools are designed for cutting side-grain blocks of wood as opposed to the end-grain blocks used in wood engraving. I wanted to use Japanese hanga tools, so I bought the set above from a store called 'Woodlike Matsumura' through the Baren Mall. Moku hanga can be done with any knife that is made for cutting wood or even with X-acto blades. (Other examples of relief printing include linoleum prints, potato prints and rubber stamps.) In woodblock printing the artist draws a design on a block and then carves away the wood in all the areas that will not be printed. Moku hanga is a type of relief printing, which is the oldest and most basic of printmaking techniques.

Moku hanga woodcut tools