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![]() One characteristic of woodcuts prints is the wood grain texture left by the original block. Next, the woodcut is coated with ink before a piece of paper is applied to the surface.įinally, the inked block and paper are run through a press or weighted rollers to transfer the image onto the page. To make a woodcut print, artists carve the image into the surface of a piece of wood with special knives, gauges and other tools. A subset of relief printmaking, woodcuts use negative space to form an image, eliminating any lines or shapes that you don’t want in the print. Woodberry writes in History of the Wood Engraving, woodcuts were one “of the great forces which were to transform mediaeval into modern life,” Woodcuts were first introduced in Han dynasty China. Woodcuts are one of the oldest and most influential printing styles.
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