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Hans Hartung
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Jacobus de Theramo, Belial the Devil Sues Christ for Trespass, Strasbourg, Heinrich Knoblochtzer, 1481
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"Seul" Xylogravure . . . #requin #squale #shark #dentsdelamer #solitude #nager #poisson #poissons #fish #mer #sea #sealife #xylogravure #xylography #xylographia #xylogravura #xylographie #handmadeart #animals #handmadeprinted #handmadeprinting #handmadeprints #printmaking #printmakers #printmaker #print #nature #naturelovers #souslamer #underthesea (à Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpSLduxoUN-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Asterion floating in space. A xylography.
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Xylography
Current evidence dates the word xylography to 1816, but it is linked to printing practices that are much older. In fact, the oldest known printed works (from Japan and China in the 8th and 9th centuries) were made by xylography, a printing technique that involves carving text in relief upon a wooden block, which is then inked and applied to paper. This method of wood-block printing appeared in Europe in the 14th century, and eventually inspired Johannes Gutenberg to create individual and reusable pieces of type out of metal. These days, xylographycan also describe the technique of engraving wood for purely artistic purposes. English speakers picked up the word from French, where it was formed as a combination of xyl-, meaning "wood," and -graphie, which denotes writing in a specified manner.
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French xylographie, from xyl- + -graphie -graphy
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1816, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of xylography was in 1816
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Ungida por sonetos incompletos (Anointed by incomplete sonnets), 2023, Woodcut, 11"×14"
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From scratching to inking to printing (and now swiping), here's a whistle stop tour through different writing tools from history: 📝
Over 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the earliest material used to write on was clay.
Damp clay could be formed into a tablet and drawn into with a stylus (probably made from cut reed).
Clay tablet held by the British Museum.
Ink was first used in Egypt as early as 3,200 BC.
Across Asia, ink was made from carbon (soot) mixed with gum or gelatine to make it stick.
And as time went on in Europe during the Middle Ages, people started used a quill pen (made from feathers) rather than reed.
By the 8th century, people in China were cutting text into wooden blocks to make prints with – known as xylography.
This copy of the Diamond Sutra is the world's earliest complete and dated printed book.
Fast forward a few hundred years, we have the introduction of the typewriter and the much-loved QWERTY keyboard in the late 1800s.
The big leap to our present-day technology began in the 60s, with computers being used for writing itself.
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Wunderwerck I, Liv Rainey-Smith
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Reposted @block_prints Had the pleasure of making this print for Tand recently for their shows in St John. Working with such vibrant colors is always engaging, and I had a lot of fun with this print. "Taking Flight" 4 Color Reduction Woodblock Print Stonehenge White 100% cotton rag 15" x 21" Edition of 30, signed and numbered. #blockprint #reliefprint #printmaking #printmaker #xylography #letterpress #flexcut #flexcuttools #letterpressprinting #phoenixartist #woodblockprints #vandercook #gamblininks #stonehengepaper #get_imprinted #blockprints #quoinyouhearmenow #feeltheburnish (at The Windmill Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpWX_gCOpN9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#WIP #WorkInProgress #GrabadoPopular #printmaking #xylography https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkNhwzJ8az/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#XylophonePlaying#XenophileExploring#Xeriscaping#Xylography#Xenodochial#Xenoglossia#Xenial#Xenomancy#Xenogamy#Xenogenesis#Xenomelia#Xenolith#Xeromorphic#Xenodochy#Xyloid#Xylotomous#hobbies#inspiration#life#motivation#success#happiness#fun
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#art#images#image#black and white#b&w#engraving#engravings#xylography#illustrations#illustration#illustrator#gustave doré#french#depression#depressive#guilt#guilty#hell#creepy#strange#chains#hooded#sad
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does anyone know what to do when you want to read something on a website but it tells you that adobe flash player is no longer supported
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“Deux Sirènes" xylographie d'Henri Amédée-Wetter (circa 1922) à l'accrochage “Collections Révélées #1 - Le Temps des Baigneuses" au Musée de Pont-Aven, Bretagne, mai 2023.
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work in progress.
draft for xylography logo for printing materials. 😺
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La rabia de presa (The rage of prey), 2023, Xylography (PVC), 11"×14"
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#im gonna add the link to the tumblr post i was inspired by#print#art print#chio dibuja#artists on tumblr#my art
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