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PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED * HARDCOVER BOOK with DUST JACKET * Bringing you this Vintage Manual of Woodcut Print Making and Related TECHNIQUES beginning with an historical Survey covering Early Masters such as Durer and Holbein... the ukiyo-e color Print of Japan... and Developments of the 19th and 20th Centuries in Europe and America and the author leads the student through EVERY STAGE of Making a Wood Cut - from the Purchase of the woodblock to the Numbering of the edition... he discusses the Characteristics of various relief Printing Surfaces - not just the many different hardwoods, softwoods, and plywoods, but also such established alternatives as plastics... metals... collage surfaces.... and found objects... and the Cutting Tools... Inks and rollers Appropriate to each type of surface... There are Sections on Hand and machine Made Papers... and on Printing by Hand or with a PRESS.... in Monochrome and in Color... some contents found in the book includes.. Alternative Printing Methods.. rubbins, stamping, offset roller printing, the workshop, Tools, Knives, the use of the knife... "V" tools, sharpening tools, curved gouges, chisels, sets of tools, sharpening stones and slip stones, tools for lino cuting, power tools, Drawing and cutting, Drawing & Tracing on the Relief Surface, Cutting the Relief Surface, Corrections and Repairs, Printing Materials and Equipment, oil based inks, water based inks, rollers, alternative inking Methods, Japanese Hand Made Paper, Hand and Mould Made European Papers, machine made papers for proofing, damping, sizing, Printing without a Press, rolling out ink on the slab, rolling up the relief surface, Proofing, Burnishing a Wood cut... Printing with a Press.. Platen Presses... Albion Press... Printing with a Platen Press... ETCHING PRESSES.... KIMBER'S PROOFING PRESS.... CYLINDER PRESSES... LETTERPRESS PROOFING PRESSES.... SCREW PRESSES... other presses suitable for relief presses... COLOUR PRINTING... MULTI-BLOCK PRINTING... Wood cuts are the oldest of the Print making Processes... Developed from the simple decorative block printing of Prehistoric times.... with it's related Techniques... it is also one of the most Widely Practiced... the Emphasic throughout the manual is on simple methods and inexpensive Equipment.. avoiding Complexity for it's own sake but providing the student with the basic knowledge from which to develop their own style... the Jigsaw Method... the Reduction Method... Stencils... Blending Colors... Registration.... Registration for Cutting.... Registration for Printing... Colour Proofing, Drying the Prints... Numbering and signing the editions... plus helpful and handy index for quick and easy reference all in dated 1978, 184 page hardcover book with dust jacket in overall good condition with overall clean and intact pages and a good binding with some wear and tear to dust jacket and price removed inside with light color water mark staining on cover and inside back cover and last few pages on top and staining on outside and underside of dust jacket and dust jacket taped to hardcover book and book measures about 9 3/4" by 8 1/4" And THANKS SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AT THIS NEAT BOOK - please see all our other neat Books in Our Ebay Store - with More of These and Other Great Books added Daily TO VIEW OUR OTHER AUCTIONS ... *** PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE UNLESS YOU are "SURE" that YOU WANT this ITEM... and ARE "COMPLETELY" SATISFIED with "ALL" the INFORMATION we HAVE SUPPLIED HERE! so that someone who knows they really do want this book may have a chance to buy it ! there are so very many wonderful and fun books out there on ebay and hopefully you can find exactly what you are looking for For Multiple Auction Winnings we will send you an invoice with Shipping Costs for Combined discount Shipping rates, if they fit in a smaller Priority Flat rate or larger PRIO... read more

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