#wood engraving print

[robertjowneybunior]

'The Lusty Folk Thus Danced'

Illustration by Edward Coley Burne-Jones, published 1896

[takahikohayashi]

カムイユカラ(1)/金の滴降る降るまわりkonkanipe ranran pishkan kamuy yukar 1/Gold drops fall fall all around wood engraving print by Takahiko Hayashi 林孝彦 2008 display 2023/4/15-2023/4/23 The solo exhibition "As my lines go by" at Hiro Art gallery, Hashimoto, Japan

[uwmspeccoll]

Feathursday Herons

Our friend, Wisconsin wood engraver Tony Drehfal, recently sent us an early proof of his engraving entitled Heronry that he is currently editioning. The engraving depicts a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) rookery near Nashotah, Wisconsin. He had begun the engraving on seamed boxwood and was about 70% complete before he and his wife Jeanne left on a trip for 3 months. When they returned, he discovered that the block had dried and split into four sections along the seams in the dry heat of his studio. He thought the block was ruined!

Still, he set the block on edge in a moist environment for a few months and the gaps had closed considerably. In a few more months they closed even more. He then placed the block in a humidity chamber (just a plastic bin with damp sponges) and in a few weeks the cracks were completely closed. He sealed the seams with glue and was able to complete the engraving. Phew!

Besides being a generous donor to our Special Collections, Drehfal is also a member of both the Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN), the national organization for American wood engravers, and its venerable British counterpart, the Society of Wood Engravers. He currently sits on the WEN Board of Directors.

View more prints by Tony Drehfal.

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[rayleeschobel]

Carving done, starting to print today ヾ(*´ ∇ `)ﾉ

[internationalemeteorologie]

Paul Landacre

Yesterday. 1940

[oncanvas]

Whirlpools, M. C. Escher, 1957

Wood engraving and woodcut on paper 17 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. (43.8 x 23.5 cm)

[psikonauti]

William Baxter Closson (American,1848-1926)

Night Moths

photomechanical wood engraving on paper

[arthistoryanimalia]

#Caturday 🐱:

Cats at the Window, 1929 Wanda Gág (USA, 1893-1946) Wood engraving, 8 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (21.6 x 18.7 cm) Tacoma Art Museum 1970.154.10

[rosieandthemoon]

Museum of Curiosities (1778)

[leatherandmossprints]

‘Starlight’ by Rockwell Kent, c. 1930.

[kafkasapartment]

The Bather, 1931.

Rockwell Kent, 1882–1971. Wood engraving.

[robertjowneybunior]

'The Light of the Harem'

Illustration by T. Jun Sulman, published 1861

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Frederick Sandys (1829-1904) "Helen and Cassandra" (1866) "Helen of Troy" (1867) Pre-Raphaelite The scene depicts Cassandra berating Helen as Troy burns in the background with Helen chewing on a lock of hair in the manner of a spoiled child. This composition portrays the same sulky sideways glance and lowered forehead as seen in the illustration.

[uwmspeccoll]

Brrrrrrr! Too Cold to Go to Work Today.

It is currently -4F, with potential -30 windchills here in Milwaukee today. So, Special Collections, the UWM Libraries, and 95% of UWM Campus will be closed today, January 21, 2025, because of extreme temperature conditions. We're just hunkering down in our cozy little cottages for the day, and hopefully we'll see y'all tomorrow.

These color wood engravings are by Kentucky wood engraver Joanne Price as illustrations for Sena Jeter Naslund’s winter story, When Children Ruled the World: A Christmas Story, handprinted and published in Monterey, Kentucky by Larkspur Press in an edition of 42 copies in 2021.

View more of our posts on the work of Joanne Price and her Starpointe Studio.

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[rayleeschobel]

Just opened my online shop with some new goodies! I have two new engraving prints, a handful of "patch-pins" (AKA linocut patches turned into pins!), and a few printed greeting cards! I also have a ton of other stuff available, from other linocut prints to some printed sweatshirts.

Take a look!

[thepapersnail]

Henry Moore, Reclining Nude, 1931, wood engraving