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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 3:11:05 GMT 1, I haven't seen many threads directly talking about the various printing methods used out there. ย I know questions come up from time to time on the differences so I thought I'd get some started. ย I am by no means an expert on the subject but I do find the various methods intriguing and I know there are many on this forum that do as well. ย Hope you all share some knowledge. ย
First up "Woodcut and Woodblock" using the example from Manifold Editions on Damien a Hirst Spot print.ย
The woodcut spot is achieved by covering the side-grain wooden block surface with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer). The impression is printed by placing the paper directly on the woodblock and then applying pressure either by hand or through a press.ย The press leaves a slight indent in the paper leaving a beautiful yet subtle emboss texture.
In more detail, the steps are as follows:
1. Cherry wood is cut to an exact circle by a laser.
2. A brayer is used to roll the ink onto the cherry-wood face to give an exact paint surface. Cherry wood is used as it absorbs the ink in the correct capacity.
3. The spots are inserted into the woodblocks of a printing press at the exact spacing required.
4. A larger roller is used to place the paper onto the cherry-wood blocks โ the paper is 410gsm somerset white paper which is the right grammage to absorb the ink.
5. The pressure used needs to be exact to take the ink, but not too much to smudge.
6. The printing process is replicated for every print, so no two prints are exactly the same
I haven't seen many threads directly talking about the various printing methods used out there. ย I know questions come up from time to time on the differences so I thought I'd get some started. ย I am by no means an expert on the subject but I do find the various methods intriguing and I know there are many on this forum that do as well. ย Hope you all share some knowledge. ย First up " Woodcut and Woodblock" using the example from Manifold Editions on Damien a Hirst Spot print.ย The woodcut spot is achieved by covering the side-grain wooden block surface with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer). The impression is printed by placing the paper directly on the woodblock and then applying pressure either by hand or through a press.ย The press leaves a slight indent in the paper leaving a beautiful yet subtle emboss texture. In more detail, the steps are as follows: 1. Cherry wood is cut to an exact circle by a laser. 2. A brayer is used to roll the ink onto the cherry-wood face to give an exact paint surface. Cherry wood is used as it absorbs the ink in the correct capacity. 3. The spots are inserted into the woodblocks of a printing press at the exact spacing required. 4. A larger roller is used to place the paper onto the cherry-wood blocks โ the paper is 410gsm somerset white paper which is the right grammage to absorb the ink. 5. The pressure used needs to be exact to take the ink, but not too much to smudge. 6. The printing process is replicated for every print, so no two prints are exactly the same |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 3:17:36 GMT 1, Love me some ukiyo-e.
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by nobokov on Feb 12, 2017 3:58:12 GMT 1, I haven't seen many threads directly talking about the various printing methods used out there. I know questions come up from time to time on the differences so I thought I'd get some started. I am by no means an expert on the subject but I do find the various methods intriguing and I know there are many on this forum that do as well. Hope you all share some knowledge. First up " Woodcut" using the example from Manifold Editions on Damien a Hirst Spot print. The woodcut spot is achieved by covering the side-grain wooden block surface with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer). The impression is printed by placing the paper directly on the woodblock and then applying pressure either by hand or through a press. The press leaves a slight indent in the paper leaving a beautiful yet subtle emboss texture. In more detail, the steps are as follows: 1. Cherry wood is cut to an exact circle by a laser. 2. A brayer is used to roll the ink onto the cherry-wood face to give an exact paint surface. Cherry wood is used as it absorbs the ink in the correct capacity. 3. The spots are inserted into the woodblocks of a printing press at the exact spacing required. 4. A larger roller is used to place the paper onto the cherry-wood blocks โ the paper is 410gsm somerset white paper which is the right grammage to absorb the ink. 5. The pressure used needs to be exact to take the ink, but not too much to smudge. 6. The printing process is replicated for every print, so no two prints are exactly the same
Very interesting - thanks for the post!
I haven't seen many threads directly talking about the various printing methods used out there. I know questions come up from time to time on the differences so I thought I'd get some started. I am by no means an expert on the subject but I do find the various methods intriguing and I know there are many on this forum that do as well. Hope you all share some knowledge. First up " Woodcut" using the example from Manifold Editions on Damien a Hirst Spot print. The woodcut spot is achieved by covering the side-grain wooden block surface with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer). The impression is printed by placing the paper directly on the woodblock and then applying pressure either by hand or through a press. The press leaves a slight indent in the paper leaving a beautiful yet subtle emboss texture. In more detail, the steps are as follows: 1. Cherry wood is cut to an exact circle by a laser. 2. A brayer is used to roll the ink onto the cherry-wood face to give an exact paint surface. Cherry wood is used as it absorbs the ink in the correct capacity. 3. The spots are inserted into the woodblocks of a printing press at the exact spacing required. 4. A larger roller is used to place the paper onto the cherry-wood blocks โ the paper is 410gsm somerset white paper which is the right grammage to absorb the ink. 5. The pressure used needs to be exact to take the ink, but not too much to smudge. 6. The printing process is replicated for every print, so no two prints are exactly the same Very interesting - thanks for the post! |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by thriftypix on Feb 12, 2017 4:20:33 GMT 1, Thanks for this. But the technique you're showing is not woodcut, but instead WOODBLOCK. Polly Apfelbaum is one of my favorite artists working with this technique. Very cool and beautiful stuff!
www.durhampress.com/artist/polly-apfelbaum/#0_11
Thanks for this. But the technique you're showing is not woodcut, but instead WOODBLOCK. Polly Apfelbaum is one of my favorite artists working with this technique. Very cool and beautiful stuff! www.durhampress.com/artist/polly-apfelbaum/#0_11 |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 4:47:08 GMT 1, Thanks for this. But the technique you're showing is not woodcut, but instead WOODBLOCK. Polly Apfelbaum is one of my favorite artists working with this technique. Very cool and beautiful stuff! www.durhampress.com/artist/polly-apfelbaum/#0_11
Fair point on the distinction. I'll update the thread to encompass both. In this example Hirst Spot prints Manifold Editions, (and Paragon Press) refer to this method as "woodcut" possibly due to how the ink is applied with a brayer.
Quite often you will see the terms โwoodblockโ and โwoodcutโ interchangeably. Perhaps because the differences arenโt crystal clear. Arguably the biggest distinctions between the woodblock and the woodcut are the type of ink used and the way it is applied to the wood. Woodblocks are typically produced using water-based inks with specific brushes and even specific brush strokes, whereas woodcut artists often use oil based inks that are primarily applied to the wood with a small roller called a brayer. Easy enough. But to complicate matters, both woodblocks and woodcuts were also used to produce what are called block-books, particularly from the 14th to the 16th century. They were printed by making impressions of an entire page (both text and illustration) from a single piece of wood. In Europe, this method for creating books was phased out in favor of the movable type printing press, though woodcuts were still used for illustrations. This is generally how things stayed in the western part of the world for the next couple hundred years.
Thanks for this. But the technique you're showing is not woodcut, but instead WOODBLOCK. Polly Apfelbaum is one of my favorite artists working with this technique. Very cool and beautiful stuff! www.durhampress.com/artist/polly-apfelbaum/#0_11 Fair point on the distinction. I'll update the thread to encompass both. In this example Hirst Spot prints Manifold Editions, (and Paragon Press) refer to this method as "woodcut" possibly due to how the ink is applied with a brayer. Quite often you will see the terms โwoodblockโ and โwoodcutโ interchangeably. Perhaps because the differences arenโt crystal clear. Arguably the biggest distinctions between the woodblock and the woodcut are the type of ink used and the way it is applied to the wood. Woodblocks are typically produced using water-based inks with specific brushes and even specific brush strokes, whereas woodcut artists often use oil based inks that are primarily applied to the wood with a small roller called a brayer. Easy enough. But to complicate matters, both woodblocks and woodcuts were also used to produce what are called block-books, particularly from the 14th to the 16th century. They were printed by making impressions of an entire page (both text and illustration) from a single piece of wood. In Europe, this method for creating books was phased out in favor of the movable type printing press, though woodcuts were still used for illustrations. This is generally how things stayed in the western part of the world for the next couple hundred years. |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by sugar72 on Feb 12, 2017 11:21:39 GMT 1, Love my Billy hamper woodcuts. He always used any wood he could get his hands on, never perfect and so each show the true imperfections of the wood.
Love my Billy hamper woodcuts. He always used any wood he could get his hands on, never perfect and so each show the true imperfections of the wood. |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Extra Ball on Feb 12, 2017 11:43:07 GMT 1, An engraved metal plate mounted on wood block used by A.Warhol for his series of mini portraits.
Direct from The Factory.
An engraved metal plate mounted on wood block used by A.Warhol for his series of mini portraits. Direct from The Factory. |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 11:56:29 GMT 1, In the studio's I've used for screen printing they also do lino,litho etc and there seems to be a clear split that the younger people do the screen and the older types do the other formats and never the 2 shall meet. I don't know if that is just the one's I have used but something I have noticed. May be that screen is a lot more labour intensive? I know my back hurts a lot!
Also notice an air of segregation between those screening on paper and those on textiles/tee's. Seems very secular but might be my imagination.
In the studio's I've used for screen printing they also do lino,litho etc and there seems to be a clear split that the younger people do the screen and the older types do the other formats and never the 2 shall meet. I don't know if that is just the one's I have used but something I have noticed. May be that screen is a lot more labour intensive? I know my back hurts a lot!
Also notice an air of segregation between those screening on paper and those on textiles/tee's. Seems very secular but might be my imagination.
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by avec art on Feb 12, 2017 13:02:02 GMT 1, Printers of tees and art prints are worlds apart. Without wanting to sound like a snob making art prints, and the printing of t-shirts are totally different things. I don't know why people assume them to be the same. Occasionally when someone see's the prints I've made or I am making they say 'have you thought about doing t-shirts' and I just despair.
Printers of tees and art prints are worlds apart. Without wanting to sound like a snob making art prints, and the printing of t-shirts are totally different things. I don't know why people assume them to be the same. Occasionally when someone see's the prints I've made or I am making they say 'have you thought about doing t-shirts' and I just despair.
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by thriftypix on Feb 12, 2017 14:52:24 GMT 1, Thanks for this. But the technique you're showing is not woodcut, but instead WOODBLOCK. Polly Apfelbaum is one of my favorite artists working with this technique. Very cool and beautiful stuff! www.durhampress.com/artist/polly-apfelbaum/#0_11 Fair point on the distinction. I'll update the thread to encompass both. In this example Hirst Spot prints Manifold Editions, (and Paragon Press) refer to this method as "woodcut" possibly due to how the ink is applied with a brayer. Quite often you will see the terms โwoodblockโ and โwoodcutโ interchangeably. Perhaps because the differences arenโt crystal clear. Arguably the biggest distinctions between the woodblock and the woodcut are the type of ink used and the way it is applied to the wood. Woodblocks are typically produced using water-based inks with specific brushes and even specific brush strokes, whereas woodcut artists often use oil based inks that are primarily applied to the wood with a small roller called a brayer. Easy enough. But to complicate matters, both woodblocks and woodcuts were also used to produce what are called block-books, particularly from the 14th to the 16th century. They were printed by making impressions of an entire page (both text and illustration) from a single piece of wood. In Europe, this method for creating books was phased out in favor of the movable type printing press, though woodcuts were still used for illustrations. This is generally how things stayed in the western part of the world for the next couple hundred years.
Thanks for the update and for all the great info! Such an interesting thread - the kind that makes this forum such a great place to be.
Thanks for this. But the technique you're showing is not woodcut, but instead WOODBLOCK. Polly Apfelbaum is one of my favorite artists working with this technique. Very cool and beautiful stuff! www.durhampress.com/artist/polly-apfelbaum/#0_11 Fair point on the distinction. I'll update the thread to encompass both. In this example Hirst Spot prints Manifold Editions, (and Paragon Press) refer to this method as "woodcut" possibly due to how the ink is applied with a brayer. Quite often you will see the terms โwoodblockโ and โwoodcutโ interchangeably. Perhaps because the differences arenโt crystal clear. Arguably the biggest distinctions between the woodblock and the woodcut are the type of ink used and the way it is applied to the wood. Woodblocks are typically produced using water-based inks with specific brushes and even specific brush strokes, whereas woodcut artists often use oil based inks that are primarily applied to the wood with a small roller called a brayer. Easy enough. But to complicate matters, both woodblocks and woodcuts were also used to produce what are called block-books, particularly from the 14th to the 16th century. They were printed by making impressions of an entire page (both text and illustration) from a single piece of wood. In Europe, this method for creating books was phased out in favor of the movable type printing press, though woodcuts were still used for illustrations. This is generally how things stayed in the western part of the world for the next couple hundred years. Thanks for the update and for all the great info! Such an interesting thread - the kind that makes this forum such a great place to be. |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by jettad on Feb 12, 2017 21:55:40 GMT 1, Thanks @augustg for this, very interesting. Love seeing the different printing methods out there.
Likewise, my favourite artist of all time is Hiroshige. His '100 Famous Views Of Edo" are stunning.
  
Thanks @augustg for this, very interesting. Love seeing the different printing methods out there. Likewise, my favourite artist of all time is Hiroshige. His '100 Famous Views Of Edo" are stunning. |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Con Art Studio on Feb 13, 2017 4:33:49 GMT 1, I make this block printing few years ago ( 2013 ).I used some kind of plastic to engrave.   
that's a linocut print using a sheet of linoleum to carve your image out of instead of wood
Woodcut, etching, engraving and linocut are all examples of relief printing.
I make this block printing few years ago ( 2013 ).I used some kind of plastic to engrave. that's a linocut print using a sheet of linoleum to carve your image out of instead of wood Woodcut, etching, engraving and linocut are all examples of relief printing. |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Dr Plip on Feb 14, 2017 10:12:07 GMT 1, Is this a First Nation thing?
Is this a First Nation thing? |
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 13:37:13 GMT 1, Nice thread. I like the simple way the Hirst spot prints are produced.
Nice thread. I like the simple way the Hirst spot prints are produced.
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Coach on Feb 16, 2017 1:21:51 GMT 1, Good ol days!
Good ol days!
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Dr Plip on Feb 26, 2017 0:50:04 GMT 1, Love my Billy hamper woodcuts. He always used any wood he could get his hands on, never perfect and so each show the true imperfections of the wood. I thought you might like to see this.
It's a small booklet that is stamped with all of the stamps that Billy made for use on the covers of books published by Urban Fox Press.
 
     
Love my Billy hamper woodcuts. He always used any wood he could get his hands on, never perfect and so each show the true imperfections of the wood. I thought you might like to see this.
It's a small booklet that is stamped with all of the stamps that Billy made for use on the covers of books published by Urban Fox Press.
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Printing Technique: Woodcut / Woodblock, by Trismanco on Mar 3, 2017 16:25:56 GMT 1, Nice to see this thread...
I've long been a fan of woodcuts and after some trips to Mexico began to feature a few young Mexican printmakers in my books who use traditional techniques in a contemporary way...
For some years I've been showing their work in the UK and quite recently have been creating a collection of Mexican art for London based Mexican diner - DF Mexico (Tottenham Court Road & Truman Brewery).
I created a website showcase for some of the work - mexicanart.co.uk
A few images of various artists and installations at DF below...
Nice to see this thread... I've long been a fan of woodcuts and after some trips to Mexico began to feature a few young Mexican printmakers in my books who use traditional techniques in a contemporary way... For some years I've been showing their work in the UK and quite recently have been creating a collection of Mexican art for London based Mexican diner - DF Mexico (Tottenham Court Road & Truman Brewery). I created a website showcase for some of the work - mexicanart.co.ukA few images of various artists and installations at DF below... |
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