Detail of inked woodblock After an intensely busy period at work, I finally had a free weekend to properly begin printing with the woodblocks. Up until now, much of the process had involved designing, carving and planning, but this felt like the moment where the prints themselves might finally begin to emerge. Before printing, I spent quite a long time studying colour. Mixing colour for Japanese-style woodblock printing is something of an art in itself. I looked carefully at

I collected the twelve ōban woodblocks on a lunch break in Bermondsey, greeted by the warm smell of freshly cut wood. Carrying them back through the heat, arms aching, the reality of the project set in. Paper, pigments, water, nori—nothing was as simple as it seemed. Choosing materials was one thing; learning how to use them was another. Already, I felt the quiet uncertainty that comes with beginning something truly new.

Edward Luper, Cherry Blossoms at Regents Park, 2026 The difficulty was not in making the drawing, but in learning how to limit it. In earlier work, I had not needed to think in such terms. In my series of views of the tower, colour was something that could be extended almost indefinitely. A pane of glass might contain several shades within it, each slightly different, shifting with light. There was no particular need to reduce or simplify. The image could absorb variation wit

I had long wanted to make woodblock prints, yet the path towards them felt distant. The craft demands years, and the system that once sustained it no longer quite exists. Faced with this gap, I began to consider another route, one that might preserve something of the process, while quietly altering its means.

Whisky tasting halloween party at Shapero Rare Books, London, October 2025 The whisky tasting at Shapero Rare Books was more than just an event; it felt like the coming together of many strands of my creative life. What most people didn’t see behind the scenes was the unlikely, joyful spark that set the whole thing in motion. Some months ago, the furniture dealer and collector Marcus Flacks approached me with an idea. Marcus is one of those rare people whose energy fills a ro

This painting began with pirates and ended in gold. It brings together childhood memories of LEGO ships, the story of William Adams, and my love of Japanese Nanban screens. Inspired by Bosch and Bruegel, and painted with traditional Japanese pigments and gold leaf, it is a floating theatre of folly, drifting between East and West.

I longed to experience the Edo period more deeply by hiking the Nakasendo and feeling a closer connection to Hiroshige and Hokusai.

I was thinking recently which was the first image I created for the series 36 Views of the BT Tower . The first in the series actually...

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So it finally happened! after years of trying, my painting finally got accepted into the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition 2024....

In Edo (old Tokyo), there was a distinctive tradition of naming trees based on their age or unique shapes. Pine trees, known for their...

Creativity, at its core, is about sharing one's vision with the world. When a maker creates, they share their emotions, whether it's joy...

When you are travelling you can never fully appreciate which are the moments that will leave the deepest impression on you. You have to...

The French writer Marcel Proust (1871-1922), author of In Search of Lost Time (A la recherché du temps perdu) was an intensely visual...

The second print in the series 'Six Views of Dreams' is in fact a self portrait of myself in an office. It contains many details which I...

Though not as popular as 'The Great Wave' or 'Red Fuji', 'A Sudden Gust of Wind' usually comes third in popularity in the series 36 Views...

Around the end of the year, many people like to look back and measure their stages of development with their achievements. I do this too,...

As we approach the New Year, I felt it was appropriate to discuss my design of new year fireworks on the Thames and Hiroshige's...

"Some will say they do not wish to dream their lives away. As if life itself were not a dream, a very real dream from which there is no...