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Message 1
From: "Mark Mason"
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 21:16:20 +0100
Subject: [Baren 33823] Woodblock Print Manuals and Books.
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Just out of interest I was wondering if members have a book or instruction manual on Woodblock Printing that made an impression on them? Pardon the pun; it's an English disease : )

Personally I'll be forever grateful to David Bull's ebook edition of Hiroshi Yoshida's 1939 book "Japanese Woodblock Print-making"; I wish I had a real copy but I couldn't afford it.

I've also got a lot of useful knowledge and inspiration from Toshi Yoshida's book from the 1960's, and I've just picked up a cheap little book (only about $7.00) from Abebooks online called "Wood-block Printing" ( Surprise, surprise) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki. It's full of useful info, in particular a colour separation method for transfering onto blocks which I'll use on my next colour prints. Well worth the few dollars it cost, especially with the dollar to pound sterling exchange rate at the moment.

I'd love to hear other members recommendations of books they like on this subject, and even "Coffee Table" books of prints that others may find inspiring.

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Message 2
From: Formschnider # aol.com
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:19:32 EDT
Subject: [Baren 33824] Re: Woodblock Print Manuals and Books.
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FRITZ EICHENBERG'S book on how he does wood engraving. plus it has some
interesting color separations and final prints printed off the blocks.

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Message 3
From: Annette Haines
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:29:27 -0400
Subject: [Baren 33825] Re: Woodblock Print Manuals and Books.
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Rebecca Salter¹s Japanese woodblock printing / Honolulu : University of
Hawai'i Press, 2002 is a great book. Very straightforward and not too
expensive ($15.00 on Amazon).

Annette

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Message 4
From: Diane Cutter
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:01:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 33826] Re: Woodblock Print Manuals and Books.
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Interesting, Mark... For me, while I've read many books on the subject, the one that got me really intrigued about woodcuts is the 'Gustave Baumann: Nearer to Art' by Acton, Krause and Yurtseven (Museum of New Mexico Press). The pictures are excellent, especially the ones showing the progression of the different plates making up a 17 plate color woodcut.

Diane

www.dianecutter.com
www.theitinerantartist.blogspot.com
www.DCutter.etsy.com

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Message 5
From: David Harrison
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:01:03 +0100
Subject: [Baren 33827] Re: Woodblock Print Manuals and Books.
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I like "The Woodcut Artist's Handbook" by George A Walker. Breadth and depth,
and some lovely examples.

"Wood engraving" by Heinrich Rumpel.

Also "Origins of European Printmaking" and "A Heavenly Craft". Not manuals,
but filled to overflowing with historical examples.

cheers,

David H

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Message 6
From: Charles Morgan
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:13:37 -0700
Subject: [Baren 33828] Re: Woodblock Print Manuals and Books.
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For excellent, sophisticated, step by step advice, I personally think
the following is hard to beat:

The Art and Craft of Woodblock Printmaking, by Kari Laitinen, Tuula
Moilanen, and Antti Tanttu

It was published in 2001, covers both western oily methods and
Japanese watercolor methods, and is still available through Amazon
... search by the title of the book, not the authors. It has lots of
photographs and excellent illustrations.

The following is very hard to find, outrageously expensive, but fascinating:

Evolving Techniques in Japanese Woodblock Prints, by Gaston Petit and
Amadio Arboleda

It was published in 1977 ... check with on-line used book dealers ...
you may get lucky!!! It describes newer techniques that have emerged
among Japanese woodblock printmakers, that western devotees of
Japanese woodblock printing seem either to be unaware of or to ignore.

Cheers ... Charles

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Message 7
From: Ragtaghorde # cs.com
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:19:39 EDT
Subject: [Baren 33829] Re: Woodblock Print Manuals and Books.
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It's not a how-to manual, but for a great historical overview of early 20th
Century woodcuts, mostly European/oily but some lovely Japanese examples check
out:

'The New Woodcut'
by Malcolm C. Salaman
The Studio
Special Spring Number
1930

I've found it from various dealers for $US 75-125. I was lucky enough to be
given it by a cousin who purchased it back when it came out in 1930. I'm
pretty sure this was the only year they did an annual like this this, but I wish
they had done more. Lots of printmakers I recognize, and many more I'd like to
know more about.

Annie


Annie Fitt
www.anniefitt.com
www.anniefitt.etsy.com
& the Ragtag Horde ~ Whippets of Mass Destruction!
Wake, Virginia

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Message 8
From: "M Pereira"
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 21:42:11 -0300
Subject: [Baren 33830] engraver, artist,
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Does anyone know Mr Steve Prince from
Virginia, engraver and multimedia?

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Message 9
From: "Imin Yeh"
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:22:43 -0700
Subject: [Baren 33831] Re: engraver, artist,
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i have see his lectures at pyramid atlantic art center in silver spring md.
he regularly prints there.

you can contact Bethanne Pyle who is the office manager there for more
information:

www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org
email: "Beth Ann Kyle"


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Imin S. Yeh

www.iminyeh.com

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Message 10
From: Blog Manager
Date: 2 Aug 2007 03:55:25 -0000
Subject: [Baren 33832] Baren Member blogs: Update Notification
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This is an automatic update message being sent to [Baren] by the forum blog software.

The following new entries were found on the listed printmaker's websites during the past 24 hours. (36 sites checked, five minutes before midnight Eastern time)

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Site Name: Belinda Del Pesco Fine Art Blog

Item: Watercolor: Tin Barn near Adelaida, CA
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BelindaDelPescoFineArtBlog/~3/139591714/watercolor-tin-barn-near-adalaide-ca.html

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Site Name: AzureGrackle

Author: Jenn
Item: Reorganizing
http://azuregrackle.com/blogs/index.php?blog=2&title=reorganizing&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

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