#woodcut & block

[pallanophblargh]

Another desperate strike at the art block and a tribute of sorts: super rusty linocut to reinitiate me into the world of printmaking. It’s not as attuned to my working style as intaglio was, but this is fun, tactile, and enough of a departure from my way of thinking that is super welcome.

It’s nothing special and definitely technically lacking (over-inked block and such) but it’s something, which is a big deal lately. Also it’s my favorite species of fish and we all know Kuhli loaches deserve all the tributes we can give.

#printmaking #linocut #Kuhli loach #kinda sorta art #love the carving process even though this is only the easy carve block so it’s soft #I have some of the firmer stuff too for future works for better detail #wanna do a cecropia caterpillar #actually wanna do a bunch of little precious invertebrates #art is so hard these days I will take what I can get #I’ll figure it out i promise #this is redemption for the horrid woodcuts I did during my relief printmaking class #miss it so much

[the-cricket-chirps]

Kaneko Kunio

Dance Dance Dance

2008

#kaneko kunio #woodcut #japanese woodblock print #block printing #japanese art #asian art #japanese culture #japan #japan beauty #fish #fishkeeping #koi #beautiful fish #modern art #art history #tumblrstyle #tumblr art #tumblrpic #tumblraesthetic #aesthetictumblr #aesthetic #beautiful #nature #wildlife #marine animals

[hungryhyena]

it is... complete

i may go back n clean up some bits but! it's done! i go in to print it this saturday aufdsghgs

#woodcut #block print #blockprint #unicorn #im losing my fuckign mind idk. feels weird feels good

[andreluizbarbosa]

i've been getting really into linocut recently

#linocut #linoprint #block printing #printmaking #woodcut #xilogravura #art #artwork #artists on tumblr

[fishballad]

Woodcut friend (2023) 24 in x 47 in woodcut for my print final

#my art #trans #transmasculine #transgender #trans art #trans pride #woodcut #relief print #printmaking #block printing #trans man #transmasc

[uwmspeccoll]

Fine Press Friday!

As promised in yesterday’s post, today we present a fine press edition of, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita, designed and printed by the Shimbi Shoin, LTD. of Tokyo, Japan for  The Limited Editions Club in1932.

This edition is richly illustrated with twenty full-page illustrations by Yasumasa Fujiata. The first two illustrations are original wood-block prints, which required fifty color impressions to create the two images. The rest of the eighteen images are collotype reproductions of the artist’s originals. The decorated end sheets are also appear to be block printed in a light blue.

The text was set by hand in old-style English character and printed on hand-made Japanese paper that has been watermarked specially for this book. The book is bound with a stab binding in silk-sewed Japanese brocade and the case has been wrapped in silk. This is one of an edition of 1500 copies with a facsimile of artist’s signature and seal. . 

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-- Teddy, Special Collections Graduate Intern.

#Fine press friday #Fine Press Fridays #Kwaidan #Lafcadio Hearn #Yasumasa Fujita #LEC #Limited Editions Club #stab binding #Japanese books #japanese illustation #Watermarks #Fine press books #Hand-made paper #Woodcuts #Wood-block prints #Mokuhanga #Teddy #Oscar Lewis #Shimbi Shoin #The Shimbi Shoin of Tokyo #Japan #Printmaking #Callotype #Old-style English Type

[coldcanyon]

"holy war"

woodcut on Arches 88, 14"x18

2 editions of four prints ea

(ig @ellory.art!! Thanks for looking💙⚧️)

#printmaking #woodcut #relief #block print #trans artist #transgender #mtf #ftm

[madsciencepottery]

Behold: my painful woodcut process

#pikmin #woodcut #print block #snagret #printmaking #work in progress

[bucephaly]

Sneak peek at smth in the works 👀

#woodcut patches !!! #all gunna be carved on one block and printed together #Chris draws

[prolibytherium]

This was my og dual cynocephali sex image (made this like… 4 years ago maybe). They still had human heads then it was a transitional phase

#This was a woodcut but the block itself looks a lot better than the prints it made. Printmaking artifacts included #I want to post this on my art blog but it has enough followers now that people who knew me and saw this irl could feasibly see this #and that concept is devastating

[malvacae]

#woodcut #linocut #block print #printmaking #inkart #wolf art #illustration #kidlitart #childrens book illustration

[pagansphinx]

Bertha Lum • (American, 1869-1954) • The Procession • 1918 • Woodcut

Bertha Lum helped to popularize Japanese style woodblock printing in the west. She combined Japanese ukiyo-e and Western Art Nouveau for a truly unique style.

#art #woodcut #fine art #art history #printing #block printing #bertha lum #woman artist #american artist #early 20th century american art #pagan sphinx art blog #art blog #art lover #japonisme #ukiyo-e #art nouveau

[the-cricket-chirps]

Tsuchiya Koitsu

Sunset at Tomonotsu, Inland Sea

1940

#tsuchiya koitsu #woodcut #japanese woodblock print #block printing #japanese art #asian art #art history #small boats #sailing #boats #japanese prints #tumblrstyle #artists on tumblr #tumblr art #tumblrpic #tumblraesthetic #aesthetictumblr #aesthetic #sunset #sea view #seascape

[medverf]

Hans Beers (1891-1979) woodcut

#woodcut #linocut #block printing #print shop #inkonpaper

[artisamaptothejourney]

#osmeivy ortega #cuba #cuban artist #woodcut #linocut #block printing

[moggettt]

I've become obsessed with carving stamps for printing

#block printing #woodcut print #I've been laughing about it a bit bc I carve wood stuff every now and then #and I started doing this and had this moment of like #omg carving rubber is so much faster and easier than carving wood! the sky's the limit! I can carve whatever I want! #and then proceeded to immediately carve wood imagery lolol #listen it's what I know and love I'm a creature of simple tastes #moggettt speaks #my face