Sara Woodburn | Mesa Artists Studio Tour

Step In, 18” X 24”, woodcut,
Santa Barbara Printmakers Juried Exhibition

Artist Statement:
I have been fascinated with the process of making woodblock prints for the last 10 years. Before that, I studied and designed textiles with overlays of color and pattern influenced by Japan and New Mexico, places I have lived. Elements in the landscape that are changed by both natural and human forces also appear in my work.

I do two types of relief prints, woodcut and mokuhanga. Woodcut is the Western style of printing with a carved wood plate, brayer, and ink, and mokuhanga, or wood print, is the Japanese method using water based color and brushes.

Beginning with the month of April 2020, I began what became a series of twelve prints called Quarantine Garden Woodblock Project. Each woodcut is a record of that month in my garden. Fruit trees flower and bear fruit. Fountain and bird bath draw feathered visitors, some more rare than regular. These woodcuts became my “calendar” into 2021, completed with the March 2021 woodcut. (see four of these below, the complete set on my website www.sarawoodburn.com). To learn about my printmaking workshops, email me at: saramwoodburn@gmail.com.

Experience:

2011	Member of the Santa Barbara Printmakers and the California Society of Printmakers.
2012	Awarded a scholarship to study mokuhanga with the master printer, Hiroki Morinoue, at Anderson Ranch Art Center.
2014	Dedicated mokuhanga, Veronica Meadows to the Friends of Arroyo Burro Creek.
2015	Study with mokuhanga expert, April Vollmer of New York.
2016	Woodcut printing with Jean Gumpper at Anderson Ranch Art Center, Colorado.
2018	Screenprint residency and exhibition, Print Power, at the Community Arts Workshop (CAW).
2021	Woodcut/monoprint under the direction of Karen Kunc of Nebraska at Anderson Ranch Art Center.