#wood block prints

[uwmspeccoll]

Wood Engraving Wednesday

So, this week we’re replacing our usual wood engravings with color woodcuts instead because we wanted to show off some of the exquisite original wood block prints from a 2-volume set of contemporary Japanese woodcuts. The volumes have not been cataloged yet because the title and publication information are in Japanese and we have not had them translated yet. The title (we believe) is on the cover of the book, which we show here.

The two volumes contain 24 original prints by different artists showcasing traditional techniques with modern sensibilities. Each print is stored in a page composed of a polyethylene sleeve that the print can be removed from. Please click or tap on the images for title and artist information.

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#Japanese prints #wood block prints #color woodcuts #woodcuts #Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month #AAPI Heritage Month #Japan #Japanese #Wood Engraving Wednesday

[morningmercury]

I finally put these prints up on etsy! Check'em out if you wanna get a cute lil lino print with a dash of existential dread!

#decay exists as an extant form of life #mushroom #fungus #goblincore #cottagecore #decay #fungi #lino #linocut #wood block #print #wood block prints #linoprint #linocarving #linoleum #forest #gift

[picard-schreckensberger]

Hokusai Manga

published 1814–1878, wood block prints, Japan

Hokusai Katsushika 

#Wood block prints #japan #Hokusai Manga #architecture #vernacular architecture #vernacular #wood #graphic design #mystical

[saltedsnailstudio]

pulled some test prints of this new lil block

#not 100% happy with it but such is the nature of making stuff #I am pleased with the fact that you cannot tell where I screwed up and had to patch the hole with wood filler #I don’t usually use speedball lino or mounted lino but over all enjoyed working with it this time!! #it carved a bit easier/softer than my usual battle ship grey lino #printmaker #linoprint #block printing #printmaking #relief print #salted snail studio #block print #reliefprint #handmade #linocut printing #linocut #Linocut printmaking

[alexmurison]

So lately I’ve been experimenting with tree ring prints. I’ve collected a few like this piece of oak from a damaged tree that needed to be brought down. It’s still a learning curve at the moment on getting the burning right and knowing the correct amount of ink to use, but I’m really enjoying the process and hopefully I’ll have some more on the way.

How do you think it looks?

#alexmurison #art #natural art #artists on tumblr #artwork #wood #green woodworking #art block #block #block printing #wood block print #tree

[holespoles]

Noboru Yamataka "Season of fallen leaves"

山高登「落葉の季節」

#Noboru Yamataka #山高登 #illlustration #wood block print

[mrokat-art]

✸ Woody the Wolf ✸

linocut prints available

#illustration #artists on tumblr #traditional art #cute art #art #dark art #mrokat #funny art #spooky cute #wolf #printmaking #linocut #blockprint #block printing #relief print #original art #goblincore #forestcore #woods

[rosieandthemoon]

Museum of Curiosities (1778)

#esoteric #mystical #whimsigoth #witchy #whimsicore #dreamcore #old art #etching #engraving #wood block print #witch aesthetic #occult #symbolism #art #drawing #classical art #oddities #symbols #alchemy #hermetic #cult #dark art #dragon #fantasy #goth #goth art #romanticism #Edwardian #macabre #whimsigoth art

[clockwaysarts]

60 prints, about 5 hours, done!

"Have You Tried Taking Advil?"

#block printing #ink #wood block print #jackalope #hare #body horror

[littlealienproducts]

Princess Mononoke Woodblock by blacksapphiredragon

#blacksapphiredragon #Princess Mononoke #woodblock #wood block #art #art print #art prints

[uwmspeccoll]

Milestone Monday

On this day, July 17th, in 1871 Expressionist and Bauhaus artist Lyonel Feininger was born into a German-American household in New York City. At the age of 16, Feininger moved to Germany to perfect his craft and later became part of the German Expressionist movement. He associated with artists from many different Expressionist groups including Die Brücke and the Blaue Reiter Circle during his time in Germany. Feininger also gained an interest in the Bauhaus school while in Germany and eventually designed the cover for the 1919 Bauhaus Manifesto and taught at the movement’s school for many years.

Much of Feininger’s Bauhaus work can be seen in the exhibition catalog Lyonel Feininger: Becoming a Bauhaus Artist, Woodcuts published in Bielefeld, Germany by Kerber Verlag in 2013. A large amount of the artist’s works focus on the representation of churches, both in his woodcuts and paintings. Viewers can see the clear Bauhaus influence in the artist’s work: minimalistic geometric shapes are used to depict the many buildings and scenes created by the artist, in both his prints and paintings. We also see Expressionist influence in these works as well, as they are also focused on similar geometric forms and creating art that represented what the artist felt about the subject, rather than a completely realistic depiction of it.

After his artwork was included in Hitler’s Degenerate Art exhibit, Feininger returned to America to teach, but he eventually moved back to Germany and focused on photography before his death in 1956.

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– Sarah S., Special Collections Graduate Intern.

#milestone monday #milestones #woodcuts #german expressionism #bauhaus #wood block prints #prints #lyonel feininger #Lyonel Feininger: Becoming a Bauhaus Artist #Woodcuts #Kerber Verlag #birthdays

[ratatoskryggdrasil]

Paul Binnie, North Rocks, Blacks Beach: Hazy Sunlight, 2023

#Paul Binnie #wood block print #beach

[c-kiddo]

I absolutely love your cr art, it’s so yummy and cozy!!!! Idk if this has already been asked or not, but how do you digitally color your traditional sketches? It’s a really cool look and I want to try it out myself but I can’t wrap my brain around how you got it to work XP

thank you :- ) !! to colour traditional sketches i take a photo of the sketch on my phone and then send it to my ipad (my phone is newer so the photo is better lol) and use procreate to adjust levels and things for the photo so its closer to just lines and then put it on multiply layer mode and colour it underneath

#kiddo say #sometimes ive scanned things but i cant figure out hwo to align the settings for my ipad and the scanner so its not pixelly on my ipad #needs higher dpi i guess. #also can only scan sometimes bc i use the scanner in tha studio (in art college ) #ive also discovered the free printer now so now i just print shit out for fun. and i took a little block of wood from the room its in

[cyclesprefectpress]

[image description: 7 photos of a letterpress print, the formes of wood type, and the relief linoleum block used to print it. The print illustrates in orange a pair of human hands holding open a snarling dog's mouth; underneath in yellow are parts of the dog's skull and spine. beside it in burgundy, printed from rough, large wood type, is the text: "Something about the way I hold my teeth makes me prone to biting myself." The forme of handset wood type is assembled in the Vandercook press bed letter by letter, with more pieces of wood, lead, and steel as spacing between each letter, word, and line of type. end description.]

Some of me is freed from tension having finished this one. I have been turning images like this over and over and trying to suss out what they mean and then, at the dinner table, my sister said nearly these exact words for completely unrelated & normal reasons and I did a jerkwad Artiste behavior of scrambling for a piece of paper and writing it down in the middle of the conversation. I’m genuinely sorry, sometimes I am a stereotype of my profession and my mind is not present with you when we talk. It is somewhere else thinking about mammalian bite strength. 16x16 inches, cream BFK Rives. This was one of those Audience Of One (Who Is Me) projects when I was designing it, BUT I did make an edition of 25 (plus a couple slight misprints). Etsy or message me if u also wish to have this mood for your home :)

wip 1 : wip 2 : wip 3 : wip 4

#letterpress #letterpress printing #handset type #wood type #linocut #linoleum block #relief printing #printmaking #finished works #ask to tag #i had. great difficulty photographing this color paper. sorry!! #i promise it is a beautiful shade of cream even if it looks dry on your screen :(

[saltedsnailstudio]

a small smattering of things I’ve made recently

#printmaker #linoprint #block printing #printmaking #relief print #salted snail studio #block print #reliefprint #blanket stitch #embroidery #home sewn #wood burning #linocut patches #textile arts

[xiaobaosg]

Kazama Hideo Densetsu Tale 130：Black-hearted merchant

Inspired by Redd from Animal Crossing.

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#xiaobaosg #ukiyoe #japanart #pop culture #japaneseculture #samurai #wood block print #Yokai #kitsune #fake #video games #nintendo #switch #nintendo switch #animal crossing #painting