Getting Ready to Go Beyond my Comfort Zone! As you may or may not know, I am soon off to Japan! I’m going to be taking a Six Week Residency/ Beginner’s Course in Japanese Woodblock Printing. This is an amazing opportunity for me! Not only will I be working with wood, carving knives and brushes (totally outside my previous artistic experience!) but I will be adding to my current repertoire of skills and techniques; as I understand it, the Japanese prints are created through layering colour, which is already central to my practice of making monotypes and carborundum prints. So, despite the new territory – artistic and geographic! – I am really confident that all I will be able to learn there will only enhance my current practice. And I am sure it will leave me with a deep and lasting impression (!) and an unforgettable experience that I hope to document here as the weeks go by. Luckily, I was able to put in some preparation for this adventure