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Woodcut Printmaker — Chiang Mai
Woodcut prints from Chiang Mai. Carved by hand. Made to be felt.
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The Artist
Apirom is a painter, textile designer and craftsman born and educated in Chiang Mai. Starting with drawing and painting, and later combining his creativity with textile design, he is now deeply focused on crafting large-scale woodcut works that reflect in visually stunning prints.
The Studio — Chiang Mai, Thailand
Previously home to Indigo — a locally renowned restaurant — the production studio sits lightly south-west of the Chiang Mai city centre, at the Nong Hoi crossing. It is where the work is made.
Each print begins as a charcoal drawing, reversed and transferred to the wood surface. The image is the blueprint — what happens next belongs to the chisel.
Carving takes days, sometimes weeks. The gouges remove what will print white. What remains — the raised surface — carries the ink and the image. Mistakes cannot be undone.
Oil-based ink is rolled by hand, the paper — Japanese kozo or German BFK — laid over and run through the Victorian press. The edition is printed over a single day. Then the block rests.