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| About Woodblock Printing | ||
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Prints are
an indirect path taken. The drawing, carving, inking and printing of the
block, are all distinct phases that must come together to create a
satisfying end result. It is through this indirect medium that, in spite
of the many steps involved, images of great immediacy can occur, images
that have a singular boldness and insistence. The purity of expression,
the surface tension and patterns the medium encourages, are all
attributes of the woodblock print that I find enormously exciting and
challenging. THE PROCESS... The woodblock print begins with a drawing, which is transferred in reverse onto the block. Areas that the artist does not want to print, are carved away using a variety of tools. the block is then rolled with ink, a piece of paper placed over the block, then pressure applied by hand or press to transfer the image to the paper. The numbers on the print indicate which print and how many. Thus 2/10 would mean the second print in an edition of ten. Once the edition is decided on, no further prints are made. Traditionally the artist scars the block in some way to ensure this. Prints are very similar in an edition, though the variables in the process ensure that each one is unique. The papers used in most cases for the prints shown on this website are handmade Japanese papers, using the fibers of the mulberry tree. The inks are oil-base.
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© Holly Meade 2006
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