3D Primo

06/09/2026

Our Great Wave woodblocks are 'coming home' to for the next Sunday, 13 Sept. They were 'carved' on the laser cutters at DoES Liverpool and have since travelled far and wide, including outings to London, Oxford, York and even Japan.

For just £5, visitors to MakeFest will have the chance to print their very own copy of the Great Wave to take home, using traditional Japanese materials and equipment.

Last year, we were printing in Liverpool bin purple, with the then Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Barbara Murray showing how it's done.

To mollify the LFC fans, this year we'll be inking up one of the blocks in 'Anfield red'. And don't worry, Evertonians - we'll also have the familiar Prussian blue.

Don't miss this unique opportunity!

Do Epic Stuff

30/08/2026

Great to be back York Art Gallery for one last time during their incredible Making Waves exhibition. We'll be giving visitors the opportunity to print their very own A5 Great Wave to take home with them. Open 10am to 4pm.

28/07/2026

It was a great pleasure to run our demonstration of Japanese woodblock printing at NCEM this afternoon to accompany a performance of "Hokusai", a mixed media depiction of the great man's life in music, narrative and animation. We enjoyed meeting performers, visitors and the Centre's wonderful staff.

25/06/2026

Come and cool down after the hot weather by joining us this Sunday for the Natsu Matsuri in the Palm House in Sefton Park.

With temperatures set to return to a more manageable 21°C, visitors will be able to print their very own Great Waves using traditional Japanese equipment, materials and techniques.

You'll be shown how to ink up the carved woodblocks, precisely position the paper and burnish the ink using a bamboo baren.

From just £7 a print, we'll provide envelopes for you to take your works of art home.

14/06/2026

We had a great day Williamson Art Gallery yesterday. Visitors were able to print postcard sized versions of Hokusai's Great Wave, and we saw some stellar results.

If you missed us, we'll next be out at the Summer Matsuri in Sefton Park, Liverpool on Sunday 28 June. Looking forward to creating some more great prints.

13/06/2026

Looking forward to lots of great Great Wave prints today.

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

We're busy preparing damp packs and Japanese papers for a weekend of mokuhanga woodblock printing, starting off tomorrow at Williamson Art Gallery .

Japanese woodblock printing uses papers that are slightly moistened in order to pick up the ink off the blocks.

Tomorrow, visitors to the Williamson will have the opportunity to have a go at printing Hokusai's Great Wave for themselves. See you there.

09/06/2026

We're looking forward to running our first Japanese woodblock printing taster experience at Williamson Art Gallery & Museum this Saturday.

Visitors will have the chance to create their very own print of Hokusai’s Great Wave to take home with them, using traditional Japanese materials and techniques. Each print takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and costs just £7.

And by way of added inspiration, we'll be setting up in the gallery housing the current exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints.

Visitors to the Wirral Art & Wirral Open Studio Tour will be especially welcome.

See you there.