Why Enamels Can Dry Slowly
By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim Oil based enamels do not dry through evaporation. Instead, curing occurs as the paint reacts with oxygen, resulting in polymerization. This reaction with oxygen can actually…
The Shin-hanga and Sōsaku-hanga Art Movements
By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim The adoption of offset lithography in Japan at the end of the 19th century marked the decline of the ukiyo-e period of woodblock printing. Early in the…
The Evolution of Color in Japanese Woodblock Printing
By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim Originally Japanese ukiyo-e prints were simple reproductions of black and white line drawings. Then early in the eighteenth century artists started to hand color their woodblock prints.…
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