Message 1
From: April Vollmer
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:04:51 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42309] IPCNY and Printopolis and First International Mokuhanga Conference
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Message 2
From: cjchapel # casco.net
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:48:25 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42310] Woodcut novel
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Message 3
From: Barbara Mason
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:12:59 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42311] We meed a paper shipper person
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Message 4
From: Andrew Stone
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:30:56 GMT
Subject: [Baren 42312] Some really beautiful woodblock landscapes--work of J. Worsley
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Subject: My latest book is in the shops ...
Posted by: Dave Bull
... or to be more accurate, a book with a few illustrations of mine is now in the shops! We're coming up to new year card time again, and here in Japan that's a big deal ... still. What isn't a big deal any more is the idea of a woodblock printed new year card, unfortunately, but that's progress! Not so many years ago, quite literally hundreds of thousands of people each year would make their greeting card by woodblock, but that gradually eroded under the influence of more modern technologies. Going back a few decades, we saw the arrival of the 'Print Gocco', a kind of miniature silkscreen process, which swept the country to an astonishing degree. But that was completely blown away with the subsequent arrival of desktop colour printing, either inkjet or laser. But the basic idea - sending a 'handmade' card to your acquaintances and friends - is still going strong. Decades ago, in the bookshops at about this time, you would have seen stacks of 'pattern books' filled with ideas for people to use for making their woodblock print cards. These days, such books are even more popular than ever, but nowadays they have no woodblock printing instructions, but come with a CD-R inside, along with directions on how to use the enclosed design clips to layout the cards on your computer, customize them, and print them out ready for mailing. Here in early November, they are just getting started, and the local bookshop has a small display set up, with a couple of dozen different books/magazines: I'm not exaggerating when I say a 'small' display. A month from now, when the 'panic' is setting in, these books will be stacked nearly as high as my shoulders ... Anyway, looking closer at the display, we see this one: And yes, I have a two-page spread inside: [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here] |
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