Paul Binnie - Morning Tears

On this page Paul Binnie, woodblock printmaker in Japanese style from London, announces one of his latest designs titled 'Morning Tears' (Japanese: Asa ni Namida). This page was extracted from his announcment of two new woodblock prints from May 2009. The second design is presented on a separate page.

Morning Tears - Asa ni Namida

'Asa ni Namida' (Morning Tears) is the fourth and newest design in my Azuma Nishiki Bijin Awase series (A Collection of Eastern Brocade Beauties), and is made in the same format as the previous prints of this set, with image size 38 x 27 cm on paper of 45 x 31cm (17 ½ X 12 inches). I have decided to make something a little more psychological this time and many people have asked me why the girl is crying, and perhaps some suggestion may be found in her disarranged kimono and hairstyle and the cold feeling of 'morning-after' in the blue-silver mica background.

In this print I decided to try a slightly unusual printing technique for the shibori (tie-dyed) pattern on the red kimono; the plain paper was first deeply embossed with the small circular pattern in white and then red was gently printed over the surface from a flat block, not penetrating into the depths of the embossing because of the minimal pressure, which gives quite a realistic feel to the dyed silk. In addition, I have added hand-applied 'teardrops' of nikawa (glue-size) in the mica to represent her fallen tears, which are unique to each piece and can only be clearly seen on handling the print.

Best wishes
Paul Binnie in May 2009

Video Presentation of Paul Binnie Prints

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We produced a video with a short presentation of Paul Binnie. Please click on the image or on the link to go to the video page.

Dieter Wanczura
(May 2009)

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