Omikuji 5 x 7 Trace Monotype & Watercolor
Omikuji - "sacred lottery" are fortunes on slips of paper dispensed at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. People draw numbered sticks from a container, corresponding to slips of paper with their fortunes written out in detail. Those who draw a good fortune take it home with them, and those who pull a bad fortune tie the slips to a tree, or lines strung between posts at the temple, to avoid bringing the bad luck home.
The topic for Illustration Friday this week is: Fortune
After inking the plate to make a monotype, I lay a thin sheet of paper on top of the wet ink, and draw the beginnings of my image on the paper. The pencil-to-paper texture is familiar to me, and the pressure of drawing plows a groove into the ink on the plate, giving me a map of a drawing to get started with (see below).
The cover sheet I used to lay out the initial line work is now a printable "plate", since the back side of the paper has a wet ink drawing on it. I can pull a trace monotype from this if the wet-ink-side is pressed against printmaking paper on the press. (see below).
The top image is the trace monotype pulled in the photos here, with watercolors added after the ink dried. I also made a monotype from the copper plate, after removing ink around the figure and the omikuji slips. I'll post the results after I finish adding color to it later this week.
4/15/07
Trace Monotype & Watercolor: Omikuji
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8 comments:
It's a beautiful piece and a great tutorial - thank you.
very cool... your picture and a big thankyou for the tutorial!.
Great work. You have certainly mastered that process.
thank-you.. i really enjoyed seeing this..the idea behind it is really interesting.. it has inspired to read a bit more about it..
Lovely! It is a beautiful monotype on a fascinating subject matter. (And good photography)
This is a triple-t(h)reat... the monotype/painting is beautiful, the subject matter is fascinating, and the description of your process is always very interesting. Thank you for sharing it all!
Reading your blog is like going to art school. I always learn so much. Do you have your own press?
Your work is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your techniques.
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