Block print magic : the essential guide to designing, carving, and taking your artwork further with relief / Emily Louise Howard of "The Diggingest Girl".
Material type: TextPublisher: Beverly, MA : Rockport Publishers, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019Description: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781631596155
- 1631596152
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 761.3 H848 | Available | 33111009323334 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Block Print Magic is an essential guide to the techniques of linoleum block printing, including 17 captivating step-by-step projects and the works and insights of talented printmakers for inspiration and visual demonstration.
Block Print Magic is the perfect reference for a wide range of printmaking enthusiasts. The easy-to-follow illustrated instruction takes you through every step of the process, beginning with choosing and caring for tools and setting up a studio, through design essentials, carving techniques, and printing techniques. Those techniques include multi-block printing, reduction cuts, puzzle blocks, and rainbow-roll printing. Advanced carving techniques for creating textures, crosshatching, and three-dimensional shading will give you the opportunity to expand and strengthen your expertise.
Among the visually stunning projects you'll learn to create: Colorful, multi-block hex sign Reduction cut sunflowers print One-page pocket zine from a single block Fabric wall hanging embellished with embroidery Along with author Emily Howard's own work, artist spotlights feature interviews with and examples of work by five other contemporary artists --Lili Arnold, Jen Hewett, Kelli MacConnell, Derrick Riley, and Aftyn Shah--as a means of clarifying how each technique can be used in different ways.
Block Print Magic is a must-have addition to any printmaker's bookshelf.
Includes index.
Essential tools and materials -- Carving blocks -- Carving tools and tool care -- Inks -- Papers -- Brayers, barens, plates, and knives -- Miscellaneous equipment -- Anatomy of a print studio -- Project : tightrope drying rack -- Essential techniques -- Design essentials -- Transfer methods -- Carving techniques -- Printing techniques -- The basics -- Project : texture quilt -- Project : multi-block hex sign -- Project: reduction cut sunflowers -- Artist spotlight : Derrick Riley -- Project : contour line skull -- Artist spotlight : Kelli Macconnell -- Project : dress up -- Project : one-page pocket 'zine -- Targeted techniques -- Project : puzzle block print -- Project : uncommon ground -- Artist spotlight : Aftyn Shah -- Project : living landscape -- Artist spotlight : Lili Arnold -- Project rainbow roll -- Artist spotlight : Jen Hewitt -- Project : Wall hanging -- Waste not -- Project: Frankenstein's monster.
Howard takes printmaking enthusiasts through every step of the process. Beginning with choosing and caring for tools and setting up a studio, through design essentials, carving techniques, and printing techniques, readers will get the opportunity to expand and strengthen their expertise. In addition to Howard's own step-by-step projects, the book includes interviews with and examples of work by five other contemporary artists. -- adapted from back cover