Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Block Print

Job Wouters (post below) does 'block printing' for a lot of his prints.

I wanted to find out about it.




This guide is yours for $60

Wikipedia has an interesting 'History of Printing' (click image for closer look)
Its actually 'Woodblock printing'



What the bloody 'ell is stereolithography!?



Did a search on Flickr.com



BACK to wood block printing. As if it is from 200AD - the earliest form of printing according to the list.

"Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper."

Wikipedia

Hiroshige did his prints using woodblock. Something I never knew;



Tom Huck



Dennis McNett


Daaarrrkkk

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