Episode Details

Yoonmi Nam is an artist whose work dances between emptiness and the frailty of things. What's left behind, and the beauty that comes from that. Yoonmi's work reminds me of the kuchi-e prints of the early twentieth century where space and soft colour creates prints that draw the viewer into the work.

In this episode of The Unfinished Print I speak with Yoonmi Nam about her mokuhanga, the materials used in her work, and what attracts her to the medium. We also go into detail about her travels around the world, the "other" and how that feeling is worked into her mokuhanga and lithography, and much much more.

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Yoonmi Nam - website, Instagram

The Mokuhanga Sisters - are a mokuhanga collective consisting of Yoonmi Nam, Mariko Jesse, Lucy May Schofield, Melissa Schulenberg, Kate MacDonagh, Katie Baldwin, Mia-O, Patty Hudak, and Natasha Norman. Instagram

Hong-Ik University - is a private university located in Seoul South Korea. More info, here.

State of Kansas - the state of Kansas was founded as a US state in 1861 and is an interesting microcosm of American history. A long history of Native American, early settlers, the Louisiana Purchase, Brown v Board of Education etc. More info, here.

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - one of the first independent colleges of art and design in the US and started by women. A fascinating story, more info can be found, here.

lithography - is a printing process which requires a stone or aluminum plate, and invented in the 18th Century. More info, here from the Tate.

intaglio printing - is a printing method using metal plates such as zinc, and copper, creating "recessed" areas which are printed with ink on the surface of these "recesses." More info, here.

screen printing - also called, serigraphy, is a method of printing by using stencils forcing the ink through the screen onto paper, or other fabric. More info, here.

Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - is an early-Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) manual focused on colour printing. More info can be found, here.

Ten Bamboo Studio - created in 1633 by Hu Zhengyan and is an early example of woodblock printing. More, info can be found here.

oriental - is a word generally used to describe area's of East and South Asia and is considered offensive and deeply rooted in colonialism.

Western Art History - has a deep and long history which cannot be described adequately in a short post. More info can be found, here.

Asian Art History - has a deep and long history which cannot be adequately described in a short post. More info can be found, here.

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