Name: Workshop: Carve, Color, and Print – Experience Japanese Woodblock Printing
Start: 2025-10-26T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-26T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland

$Workshop: Carve, Color, and Print \u2013 Experience Japanese Woodblock Printing$

On the exhibition 'Japan de luxe – The Art of the Surimono Prints'
This workshop invites you to experience traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques.Carve your own design onto a small block of magnolia wood using engraving knives, then learn the traditional colouring method by mixing suihi-enogu (pigments made from colored clay or seashells) with nikawa (animal-hide glue), and print your unique artwork on fine Japanese washi paper.
Photo: Carve, colour and print © Mitsuko Hoshino
Lead: Mitsuko Hoshino, artist
Language: English
Duration: 10 am – 5 pm (with a one-hour break)
Door opening: 9.45 am
Venue: Remise, Atelier
Recommended age: from 15 years, or from 12 years accompanied by an adult

Included in the ticket price
- Use of tools
- Materials
- Variety of simple and beautiful designs
- Museum admission (valid only on the day of the event)
Notes
- Number of participants limite
- Event takes place with a minimum of 8 participants
- No prior knowledge required
- Catering not included
- If you have your own design that you’d like to use, you are welcome to bring it with you