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Encyclopedia of Woodblock Printmaking

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General Aspects of woodblock prints
The Woodcut process
The Wood Engraving process
Suppliers
Dictionary
Business Considerations
Teaching Printmaking
Collecting Prints
The 'Personal' Face of Printmaking
'Exhibitions' of prints and printmakers
Other sources of information on woodblock prints


General Aspects of woodblock prints

 

The Woodcut process

Tools

A: Carving equipment

  • Tool types
    • Basic carving tool types
    • Fundamentals of carving tool use
  • Sharpening
    • Equipment
    • Techniques
  • Other carving tools and accessories
    • Carving bench

B: Printing equipment

  • Barens
    • Baren types, construction, etc.
    • 'Breaking in' a new baren
    • Fundamentals of baren use
    • Re-covering the baren
    • Re-winding the baren coil
    • Baren alternatives
  • Brushes
    • Brush types, sizes, etc.
    • Preparing the brushes
    • Fundamentals of brush use
  • Other printing tools and accessories
    • 'Hakobi'
    • General printing layout
    • Printing bench

 

Materials

A: Wood

  • Wood types
  • Wood preparation

B: Pigments, etc.

  • Pigment types
  • Pigment preparation
  • Glue
  • Paste
  • Special 'pigments'

C: Paper

  • Paper types
  • Paper dimensions
  • Sizing

 

Basic Process of Making a Colour Print

A: Overviews of the Printmaking Process

  • The Japanese 'key-block' process
  • Prints without keyblocks
  • The 'reduction' process
  • 'White-line' woodcuts
  • Various artists' descriptions of their process ...

B: Preparation

  • Suitable designs
  • Preparing the tracing ('hanshita')
  • 'Kento'

C: Carving

  • Key block carving
    • 'Three stages'
    • Cutting the kento
    • Cleaning the carved block
  • Making colour separations
  • Colour block carving

D: Printing

  • Paper preparation
  • Printing process
  • Drying the prints

 

Technical Notes

A: Other carving techniques

  • Creating textures and tonal gradations
  • 'Ita bokashi' (block gradation)
  • Carving 'hair'
  • Fabric 'patterns'
    • Using real fabrics
    • Carved 'fabrics'
  • 'Sabi tsuke' (brush strokes)

B: Other printing techniques

  • Using an etching press
  • Kento adjustment
  • Using wood grain
  • 'Tsubushi' (smooth flat colour) printing
  • 'Goma zuri'
  • Overprinted colours
  • Gradation printing
  • Baren tsuji (baren marks)
  • Embossing
    • 'Karazuri'
    • 'Kimedashi'
  • Mica powder
  • Metals, gold leaf, etc.
  • 'Seals'
  • 'Front' printing
  • Chinese printing method
  • Problems for left-handed printmakers

C: Troubleshooting

  • Problems during carving
    • Block repairs
  • Problems during printing
    • Warped blocks
    • Paper expansion and registration adjustment
    • Blots, etc.
    • Poor 'impression'
    • Mold

D: The Printmaker's Workshop

E: 'One-point' Lessons

 

 

The Wood Engraving Process

Tools

Materials

Process

 

Suppliers

 

Dictionary

Woodblock Printmaking terminology

 

Business considerations

 

Teaching printmaking

 

Collecting Prints

 

The 'Personal' Face of Printmaking

 

'Exhibitions' of prints and printmakers

Printmakers currently active on the Web

Prints from Printmakers in Uganda

 

Other sources of information on woodblock prints

World Wide Web links

Workshops

Groups, Associations, etc.

Bibliography - Book Reviews

 


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