LSAD Year 2 2013-2015 Catherina Ryan: Wood block printing contextual

Wood block printing contextual

Hand carved blocks layered on a 6" x 6" hand torn piece of mulberry paper with leaf inclusions. Printed with oil-based relief inks.

Multiple hand-carved blocks layered on a 7" x 9" hand torn piece of Japanese unryu paper. Printed with oil-based relief inks. The first image is of the print, the rest are process pictures to show some of the materials used in creating this original print.

This painting Mega Myth by Melissa Brown uses 3 different techniques; a fabric staining, wood block printing and stencils to arrive at a well composed and enchanting image.

Orangeman-original woodcut monoprint.
Hand-carved blocks layered on a 6" x 8" hand-torn piece of kitakata paper. Printed with oil-based relief inks on a small etching press.

This website contains a variety of woodblock prints that include similar layering techniques that I've used. The images were protected so I've provided a link address below

http://printsy.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html

While researching layering wood block prints I came across these beautiful wood block prints on another blogger's site that goes by the name of purple podded peas!