Paul Landacre on Engraving Wood

Paul Landacre is my wood-engraving hero. Even more so now that I’ve come across this article he wrote on the subject in the early 1940’s for a book called The Relief Print Woodcut Wood Engraving & Linoleum Cut.
For anyone interested in this subject you will be inspired by the following paragraphs!
Wood Engraving Technique by Paul [...]

Boxwood

A short discussion of material used for making a quality block for the purpose of making a wood engraving. Boxwood is the wood most preferred for this purpose.

Tiny Moose challenge

Here’s a wood engraving of mine I found amongst my stuff in the studio of a baby moose. This is a very small postage stamp sized print ( 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches). I did this one a long time ago but it still seems attractive to me.

As you can see it is executed [...]

Woodblock on engraver’s pillow

Here’s a nice shot of a boxwood block on my leather pillow. An essential bit of equipment for the wood engraver.
Shown is the block for the ‘Cottonwood’ engraving.
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