Jacek Machowski - 黄金の雨 (Golden Rain)

Contemporary Woodblock Print

A fabulous print by Jacek Machowski: 黄金の雨 (Golden Rain). Fine golden rain falls through the narrow senjafuda composition, with small droplets landing in the water below, while the title 黄金の雨 is carved into the image above. Machowski developed the metallic colour himself, mixing yellow, brown and red pigments with mica and powdered metal to create a subtle gold shimmer. Printed by hand from two wild cherry blocks, the elongated format also allows the work to function as a beautiful bookmark. 🌧️✨

• Year: 2024 (signed & dated in pencil).
• Medium: Woodblock.
• Paper: Betulla Woodstock 285 g/m².
• Dimensions: H: 15.50 cm × W: 5.00 cm. (Format: Senjafuda (千社札)).
• Condition: Mint. Direct from the artist’s studio.
• Notes: 黄金の雨 (Golden Rain) grew from Machowski’s experiments with creating a metallic gold colour that could be used as a conventional mokuhanga printing pigment rather than applied separately. He mixed yellow, brown and red pigments with mica and powdered metal, using nori rice-starch paste as the binder, producing a reflective gold-like surface that is difficult to capture fully in photographs. The two matrices were cut from wild cherry wood, and the print also gave Machowski the chance to test a new fine-detail knife fitted with 30° blades. The work uses the traditional narrow senjafuda (千社札) format, adapting it into a small contemporary print that can also function as a bookmark. *Delivered in presentation slip.

About the Artist

Jacek Machowski (b. 1983) is a Polish printmaker and educator who has become an important European voice in contemporary mokuhanga (木版画). Trained at the University of Rzeszów, Japanese water-based woodblock is central to his practice, combining traditional hand-printing with techniques such as bokashi gradation, karazuri embossing and kirazuri mica printing. In 2026, he completed a doctorate devoted to adapting mokuhanga to Polish materials and conditions, and his work has appeared in more than one hundred exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including major international exhibitions in Nara and Echizen.