As one thing leads to another, researching concepts of art and contemplation, quickly led me to the Japanese garden. But in the three-year process of producing Becoming Made, a documentary film in which I used the medium of film to replicate the look and feel of my prints, I came to understand that my work had evolved from being about place to expressing the calmness, contemplation, and deep reflection that place can evoke. Until recently, I have thought of my prints as being about place. I applied what I learned in Japan to my art practice back home in Michigan, focusing on landscape images of the Great Lakes region. About her work, Mary says "I learned the traditional methods of Japanese woodblock printmaking (mokuhanga) from Yoshisuke Funasaka in Tokyo under the auspices of a five-month-long Bunka- Cho Fellowship in I was drawn to study the mokuhanga process because of the non-toxic qualities of the water-based pigments used and because I was attracted to the principles of Japanese aesthetics including subtlety, austerity and naturalness. In addition to producing and exhibiting her art, Mary teaches and lectures, and in 2014 released her award-winning documentary film Becoming Made, which reveals her techniques and process. About the Cover Blanket 14.5 x 21 Moku Hanga Mary Brodbeck Kalamazoo, MI Mary Brodbeck earned her MFA from Western Michigan University in 1999 and remains in regular contact with her Japanese mentor, Yoshisuke Funaska. Our mission is to give relief printmakers the support they need to reach their printmaking goals. McClain s gathers the supplies woodcut, linocut, engraving, and monotype printmakers need from around the world. We continue to select merchandise of the highest quality from the most reputable Japanese manufacturers and dealers, many of whom practice crafts that have been handed down in their families for centuries. Best wishes to you from all of us at McClain's! Andrew, Ally, Josh, Alex and Daniel McClain's Printmaking Supplies Dedicated to the Art and Artists of Relief Printmaking For thirty eight years McClain s has imported tools and relief printmaking materials from Japan for artists and students. Bring out your sketch book, create an image that pleases you, transfer it to a block and get those chips flying. I hope the challenges of this coming year inspire you to make art in a form that you enjoy, which gives you a way to share your ideas and thoughts with others. If you are interested in hiring Daniel s sharpening services, you can contact him at or call I can tell you from personal experience that he does first-rate work. It was a great experience for Daniel, and he is eager to share that knowledge. He demonstrated sharpening techniques and how each tool can be shaped for a particular purpose. Watanabe grew up in his father s Chõchin (paper lantern) shop where every element of the Chõchin, from paper, bamboo frame, to hand carved bases were made. Watanabe in Japan where he got some firsthand pointers on sharpening. Last spring he visited master craftsman Mr. Daniel Jasa s sharpening business is up and running! Daniel continues to give demonstrations at local art colleges and teaches regular sharpening workshops. We will be at the Vendor Fair, so please do come by, say "hi!"and grab a handful of M&M's (wasn't it nice of Mars Inc. The Conference runs from March 15 th through the 18 th. Atlanta, Georgia is the location of this year's SGCI Conference, the biggest printmaking get-together in the country. Thank you so much for your support, it means so much to everyone who works at McClain's. The date on it is July That means McClain's has now been in business for thirty eight years! And it is all thanks to you. Ken McClain gave us boxes of materials he had found relating to his father's business and in one box was a typewritten price sheet, with hand-drawn pictures of tools, sharpening stones, baren, brushes, blocks and paper. 2 Dear Friends, I've always wondered what year Bob McClain started selling moku hanga and woodblock printmaking supplies in the U.S.
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