Making Japanese Woodblock Prints

Laura Boswell

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The Crowood Press Ltd
01 December 2019

Prints & printmaking

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.

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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

AUTHOR: Laura Boswell is a landscape printmaker working exclusively with linocut and traditional Japanese woodblock. She has trained in Japan, studying woodblock printmaking with master craftsmen, and her work is inspired by Japanese style and design. She is an elected member to the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

190 colour photographs

By: Laura Boswell
Imprint: The Crowood Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781785006555
ISBN 10: 178500655X
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 December 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Laura Boswell is a landscape printmaker working exclusively with linocut and traditional Japanese woodblock. She has trained in Japan, studying woodblock printmaking with master craftsmen, and her work is inspired by Japanese style and design. She is an elected member to the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

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Making Japanese Woodblock Prints

Laura Boswell

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