#EndGrain

[homwoody]

End Grain Cutting Board

Introducing Homwoody End Grain Cutting Board, a masterpiece of craftsmanship featuring a stunning 3D pattern. Crafted from rich walnut wood, this board offers exceptional durability and self-healing properties, ideal for all your cutting needs. The unique 3D design not only adds a touch of elegance to your kitchen but also ensures stability during use. Perfect for chefs and home cooks alike, this board blends functionality with artistic flair, making it a standout piece in any kitchen.

[flintswoodshop]

Watch as Flints Woodshop transforms Michigan timber into stunning endgrain masterpieces Witness the artistry craftsmanship and final finishing touches that bring these creations to life Dont miss it

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[uwmspeccoll]

Wood Engraving Wednesday

ANDY ENGLISH

This print by English wood engraver Andy English (b. 1956), entitled Tea in the Garden, is from the wood-engraving collection Surroundings: Engravings in Wood printed for the Wood Engravers’ Network at the Piano Press in St. Paul, Minnesota in a limited edition of 110 copies. English is a member of both the British Society of Wood Engravers and the American Wood Engravers' Network. I have always been intrigued by how English combines bold forms to create delicately rich compositions. That is certainly evident in this print. The colophon notes that Surroundings is:

A project of the Wood Engravers Network, whose members, scattered across North America and Europe, practice the exacting art of hand engraving in endgrain hardwood. Artists were invited to submit an edition of engravings on the title theme of 'surroundings,' and the variety of responses shows the versatility of wood engraving as a medium. Each page was printed by the artist from the original wood block. 

Our copy of Surroundings is a gift from our friend Jim Horton.

View another print from Surroundings.

View more prints by Andy English.

View more engravings by members of the Wood Engraver’s Network.

View more posts with wood engravings!

-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

[mybeingthere]

Andy English (born 1956) is an English wood-engraver and educator who pioneered the use of the Internet to teach a wider audience about wood-engraving and how to do it.

Andy English was born in Denver, a small village in Norfolk, England in 1956. He studied Geology at the University of Reading and taught in Cambridge, England from 1979 - 2006 where he was widely respected. Self-taught as an artist, he drew and painted since childhood but, in 1991, he started to engrave on endgrain wood. This immediately became his main artistic output. A 2008 article by Paul Wheatley describes how, after trying various printmaking methods, English engraved for the first time and found it to be so natural and comfortable that he could only describe it as remembering a process rather than learning it.

[giantcypress]

Shannon Rogers put out a nice video illustrating an approach to managing tearout by reading the endgrain of the board and skewing the plane accordingly. He was nice enough to mention yours truly in his email blast about this video, and to allow me to pick his brain about this approach when I figured out how to do this a few years ago.

I wrote about this approach here and here, and made a video that you can see here (although it's not as nice as Shannon's). I'm glad to see that Shannon finds this approach useful, and that it works in his hands.

I mentioned when I wrote about this in 2020 that I can’t find a prior reference for this technique. I have a hard time believing I found something new about planing boards. I asked a bunch of people who probably would know of a previous description of this technique if it exists (Shannon included), and didn't come up with anything. So if anyone knows of a prior reference, let me know. I'd love to hear about it.

[ask-de-writer]

About FIENDSHIP IS MAGIC :

Part 9 of ? : MLP Fan Fiction

and CORAM'S HOPE : Part 6 of 8

World of Sea

@nevermord​ READ, LIKED and

REBLOGGED

FIENDSHIP IS MAGIC : Part 9 of ? :

MLP Fan Fiction : 18+ only : WORK IN PROGRESS

and

CORAM'S HOPE : Part 6 of 8 : World of Sea

Of FIENDSHIP he had this comment:

I love that Twilight here is not just an expert on ancient books in general, but in details so minute as the type of wood the printing blocks were cut from! Truly a fun detail! XD

I enjoyed that bit myself. Long ago I used to know just such a nerd for books. If allowed to examine a book with woodcuts, they could not only tell what sort of wood was used but if it was engraved in endgrain or flat. Besides that, they could identify old papers to the areas where they were made and if they were roll or sheet produced, and could often tell when to within a few years. They had their job in Rare Books at the Portland Public Library.

Of CORAM'S HOPE he said :

Coram is so close, so very close to the stage of Acceptance. The stages of grief are strong in him.

Speaking of which, I plan on toying with the stages of grief in a different way in a possible upcoming story. I hope to begin writing soon!

Coram is working his way through some rough waters, you are right.

As for your tale, I would love to see and reblog it!

[haiimrowie]

This is so fuckin pretty omigosh

Am tryna work out what wood it is by the endgrain, without much context, but it looks like an oak?

Opal in petrified wood, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Gem and Mineral Hall Collection. By Stan Celestian on Flickr. (Hi-Res)

[nonjo]

Sunday Serial: Belkin iPhone MagSafe Continuity Camera Mount, Endgrain Coffee in Pitman, NJ, and Stirred Martinis

Here’s this week’s list of things to check out: Belkin Stage iPhone Mount with MagSafe for Mac Desktops and Displays: I was lucky to inherit an M1 iMac at my new job, and thought this would be a good time to try out the Continuity Camera feature on macOS during Google Meets and Zooms. The iPhone attaches to the mount via MagSafe (no charging), and you can mount it atop your computer and swap the…

[grad604kaede]

Week 4 Lecture UPDATED

Natalie Robertson

indigenous photographer

Writes journal articles, book chapters

The exhibition toured around the USA

Mark - Photographer

Photography

Lets lighting do the work

Also relates to spirituality, painting with light

Rosanna Raymond

A room full of her valuable collections

Ezra Baldwin

Non-binary identity through the work.

Poster-based work with a collage

Greek statue with a twist

Week 4 Tutorial

Find ten different examples of designers' "cabinet of curiosities."

Wendell Castle Scrapbook: 1958–1980

David Hicks Scrapbooks (Vendome)

Jason Rhoades

(Nilsen, 1995)

The Dinner Party (overview)

(Chicago, 1974-79)

The Great Sea Battles of William Schürmann [background]

(Rhoades, 1994-1997)

Raw Edges

(Mull, 2015)

Craft Morphology Flow Chart

(Kelley, 1991)

The Happy End of Franz Kafka's 'Amerika' (1994)

(Kippenberger, 1994)

REMEMBRANCE

(Yang-D’Haene, 2023)

Vaarnii at Tableau during 3 Days of Design

(Vaarnii, 2023)

Reference:

Jason Rhoades. (1994-1997). The Great Sea Battles of William Schürmann [background]. [Sculpture and Installations]. Retrieved from https://library-artstor-org.ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/asset/LARRY_QUALLS_10310641368

Judy Chicago. (1974-79). The Dinner Party (overview). Retrieved from https://library-artstor-org.ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/asset/AJCHICAGOIG_10313027391

Kelley, M. (1991). Craft Morphology Flow Chart. In Hammer. https://hammer.ucla.edu/take-it-or-leave-it/art/craft-morphology-flow-chart

Kippenberger, M. (1994). The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s “Amerika.” In Frieze. https://www.frieze.com/article/martin-kippenberger-2

Mull, O. (2015). Raw Edges - Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth. In dezeen. https://www.dezeen.com/2015/03/25/raw-edges-endgrain-installation-chatsworth-house-make-yourself-comfortable-dye-wood-floor-sculpture-gallery/

Nilsen, F. (1995). Jason Rhoades, My Brother / Brancuzi. In artlandmagazine. https://magazine.artland.com/installation-art-top-10-artists/

Vaarnii. (2023). Vaarnii at Tableau during 3 Days of Design. In vaarnii. https://www.vaarnii.com/journal/vaarnii-at-tableau-during-3-days-of-design/

Yang-D’Haene, J. (2023). RREMEMBRANCE. In thefutureproject. https://www.thefutureperfect.com/exhibition/remembrance/

[shawnwerner]

This was an overly ambitious project for my skill level at the time, but I wanted to make a 3D cutting board for my former boss as a wedding gift. I cut the lozenges using a miter saw, which was a mistake. Even though I had constructed a jig, the sizes ended up being wildly inconsistent. Unfortunately I hadn't figured this out by the time I had started gluing them up, thus began the difficult and time-consuming task of paring each face individually to get a good fit. Of course, what I should have done was planed and ripped the strips to equal sizes and then cut the bevel on a table saw (which I didn't have at the time). The other complication was the colors bleeding from the solvents in the finish. I sanded most of it back, then used acetone prior to the finish which worked well, but the end grain of wood is very absorbent so some of the color was deeply embedded at that point. What I thought would be a weekend project ended up taking a few months. Even though the fitting was time intensive the finishing ended up being the primary reason for the timeframe. I soaked the board in pure tung oil since it's foodsafe. But with endgrain the oil can ultimately soak from end to end. When the oil polymerizes, this gives the fibers additional strength throughout, but oxygen is required for the process and oxygen diffuses very slowly through the top layers that have already polymerized. As such, this board took about 6 weeks to cure enough to ship. Sadly, the board was lost in the mail and never received by the intended recipient. Hopefully it's being used in the postal employee breakroom or something.

[haiimrowie]

Image ID: nine pictures of the endgrain of chainsaw cut timber, a softwood like pine or fir; the images are rendered in shades of bluish grey, and showcase features of timber such as knots which have been cut through, end-checking and small splits as firewood tends to get, and also some staining of the wood from mould or oils. End ID.

Stigma

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[tillo-design]

// some more shots of harry’s reclaimed log coffee table, paired up perfectly with the “rukant” tea light holder set // #coffeetable #reclaimedtimber #reclaimedwood #upcycled #yakisugi #japandi #endgrain #rawmaterials #hairpinlegs #homedecor #sidetable #concretedecor #locallysourced #locallymade #wabisabi #architecture #minimalism #concretedesign #interiordesign (at Liverpool) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUCXXlzj9dE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[starpointestudio]

#wip Last engraving for #WhenChildrenRuledTheWorld by #SenaJeterNaslund #woodengraving #endgrain #spitsticker #LarkspurPress #printmaking https://www.instagram.com/p/CTLIAd1F5bM/?utm_medium=tumblr

[serifdoesbookarts]

Hello!! I have studied a bit of wood engraving and am currently an assistant with a rare books and graphic art collection. I have done zero woodcutting though, since I jumped straight from softcut and linocut to wood engraving. Definitely not an expert, but I know more than the average person.

Wood engraving and woodcutting are part of the same family of printmaking, but are slightly different. The part of the wood that you carve is different. In woodcutting, you cut on the side of the tree, so basically perpendicular to the grain. In wood engraving, you engrave into the endgrain. It's like if you cut a tree down and made a block, you could see the grains, like the grains are pointing straight up.

You also would use two different types of wood. I can't remember the exact ones off the top of my head as it's been a year or so since I last truly sat down and engraved, but if I'm remembering correctly (and again, I could be misremembering) engraving requires woods like maple, not woods like pine. AKA, engraving uses hard wood, not soft wood like woodcuts. I learned to engrave with small maple blocks that were really high quality.

The way you cut/carve is different too. In engraving, you are literally shaving small bits of the wood away. I sometimes had to vacuum after a long engraving session because I had just tons of tiny shavings all over my desk, chair, and floor. Woodcutting is more similar to linocut and softcut cutting motions. The tools are quite different too. Instead of a U or V shaped tool, engraving tools are pointy, and the handle is round and fits quite nicely in your hand. The ones I used were Japanese. They are a bit hard to sharpen since if youre not perfectly flat when using a stone, it causes the flat of the tool to be rounded and can cause issues. They're very sharp, though, and the only time I ever got hurt was literally my very last engraving on the very last day of class, I poked myself in the thumb and was so mad about it. Not bad, but enough that it hurt, and a bandaid wouldn't stay because it was at the end of my thumb.

Wood engravings are also usually smaller, because it's more intense, more detailed, and way more expensive than woodcutting. There's very few people in the world who still make blocks for engraving, and while they're very skilled, it can get pricey. We had to order ours in a class set and once we ordered, we couldn't get new ones because of price and shipping times. Woodcutting can be done on bigger blocks and is cheaper since you can use softer, more common woods. Wood engraving is easier to do in tandem with letterpress printing, however, as blocks for engraving are type-high (0.918 inches!). I personally have printed my own engravings alongside hand set type on Vandercooks, which allowed for much faster printing since I didn't have to swap everything out and line everything up to print a new layer.

Engraving came later, roughly the 15th century if I've got my dates right, while woodcutting is from China. I've seen dates ranging from the 200s BCE to the 200s CE to the 700s CE, so basically it's really old. Just like printing presses! East and Southeast Asia has had them for centuries before Germany brought them to the rest of the world.

I probably missed some stuff, but that's the basics from someone who at least studied one of the two things you're asking about. If you'd like to see more, there are a bunch of presses and blogs online actively engraving or cutting, and they usually each have a small blurb or a post explaining the differences or basics. If you're looking to collect prints, the Wood Engravers Network is a wonderful resource, and you get basically random prints from very very incredibly skilled engravers if you become a member, plus a newsletter.

Also: Agnes Miller Parker was who I did a research project on for my engraving studies! My favorite is the Siamese cat, I can't remember if it's a reduction print or what it's called but the one with multiple colors.

Can any printmaking folks out there help me understand the difference between woodcut and wood engraving? The prev posts w Agness Miller Parker led me down a hole of trying to wrap my head around what wood engraving was, but I found conflicting info :(

[villy-woodturning]

Little trio of vase Rest the fanial to make #wood #vase #wood #hollowing #endgrain #forsale #instagood #art #artistsoninstagram #urn (à Bois-des-Filion, Quebec) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_WJagpgme/?igshid=1hkou05ad4xdj