Wood printmaking

Panel by Zoé Ouvrier, photo by Loic Lautard

We’ve put together this complete guide to choosing the best wood for woodcut printmaking. We also explain how to prepare your wood blocks to get the best finish on your final prints.

Sofie van Schadewijk | Working on new woodcuts... I love the fact that I don't have to make prints of all of these 😉 Printing is my least favorite part of the... | Instagram

Finished barn owl and worthing church ( norfolk) linocut . Hand carved then printed . Available on my etsy as a print

Illustration, Woodworking, woodcut, printmaking

Freyja Caskie ~ Printmaker on Instagram: "One of the new engraving blocks I’ve been working on. I’m excited about these ones as they’re a bit different than my usual square/rectangular formats. I’ve finished engraving this one and have 2 more in progress. I’m hoping they’ll go well as a series. Just waiting for some new paper to arrive from Japan @awagami_factory and I’ll be test printing them ☺️ #artprocess #artprocessvideo #printmakingprocess #printmaking #woodengraving #woodengravingprint

I have been immersed in large abstracted linocuts for a while now and have missed the simplicity of carving something spontaneous and done quickly in one sitting. So this was how my afternoon was spent at the work desk today. This was inspired by a fleeting moment from a recent road trip. And, as we zipped passed this little abandoned stone cottage, I snapped a picture and it stayed in my thoughts. I wondered what this cottage had seen over the years, it looked so lonely, the only thing…

Hello there! Been a while since my last post, life has been busy and full of change! I've decide to resume posting here & look forward to sharing what's been happening at the shop. To catch up on shop goings-on over the past few months I've been away, I have been posting pretty regularly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Flickr! Some new prints there to see that I'll catch up with sharing eventually...and more to come! Give a follow on any of those platforms & stay up to date with…

I've been busy preparing for a little break away in Scotland with my family - so no new (finished!) work to share right now... . Here's a re-run of my (fairly recent) little nest linocut print, with some shots showing my process 🙂 . . . . . #nest #birdsnest #birdseggs #natureinspiredart #linocut #woodcut #linoblock #handcarvedstamps #linoprinting #reliefprinting #reliefprintmaking #printmakingprocess #miniprint #tinyart #tinyprinttuesday #printmakersofinstagram #printmaking #womenwhoprint…

Italian woodcut printmaker Davide Schileo, aka Tabulae, talks to Drawcutinkpress about his macarbe woodcut prints and how he creates his amazing artwork!

Woodblock Print

Visceral Instinct (Zoey Fleck)