Private-7 print sale 5cm x 23cm (image size)

5cm x 23cm (image size)

Although her childhood was marked by poverty she went on to become one of the great stars of the silent movie era and retired

Words from Cath Hodson:

• Session lasts one hour 30 minutes

purple and yellow

Private-7 print sale 5cm x 23cm (image size)Fusako makes her prints by cutting into plywood, often making a number of blocks to produce one image. Each block will print one colour. These are printed using watercolours, her preference being Windsor & Newton for their intensity of pigment. The watercolour is mixed to the right consistency and then applied to the block using a brush. This is transferred onto slightly dampened paper by hand using a baren (a flat disc covered in bamboo) to apply