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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Making Japanese Woodblock Prints
Author: BOSWELL LAURA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/12/2019
Imprint: CROWOOD PRESS
Price: $27.00
Publishing status: Active
Japanese woodblock printing is a beautiful art that uses a unique system of registration, cutting
and printing. This practical book explains the process from design drawing to finished print, and
then introduces more advanced printing and carving techniques, plus advice on editioning your
prints and their aftercare, tool care and sharpening. Supported by nearly 200 colour
photographs, it is an invaluable and sumptuous guide to this art that traces its roots back to the
eighth century.
• Advises on how to develop your ideas, turning them into sketches and a finished design
drawing, then how to break an image into the various blocks needed to make a print
• Uses a tracing paper transfer method to take your design from drawing to woodblock
• Explains the traditional systems of registration, cutting and printing that define an authentic
Japanese woodblock
• Gives practical tips at each stage and clear goals to achieve at the end of each of the chapters
190 colour photographs
ISBN: 9781785006555
Dimension: 242mm X 172mm