Nate Crosser is a mixed media artist working and living in Kansas City. By combining ancient Eastern techniques like Mokuhanga (block printing), Sumi-e (ink painting), and Gyotaku (nature impression) with modern innovations, the artist has developed a unique printmaking style.

His work belongs to the Sōsaku-hanga school of vertically-integrated creative block printing, producing Japandi art that is influenced by Wabi Sabi, Bauhaus, Pop Art, and Impressionist design principles.

Crosser’s style is best illustrated through his method of Composable Design, where he modularly combines smaller hand-carved printing blocks to create larger compositions. The result is unique, handmade art pieces that aim, to quote Arthur Wesley Dow, form a composition that is “harmony built upon harmony”.

The artist often explores themes of memory, interiority, conservation, and romanticism. Each block Crosser carves is a totem as builds a modern body of personal folk art of recurring symbols.