Making Japanese Woodblock Prints : Book By Laura Boswell

Making Japanese Woodblock Prints is a practical book that explains the process of Japanese woodblock printing from the design stage to the finished print, while also introducing more advanced printing and carving techniques. Containing nearly 200 color photographs, this book explains the traditional systems of registration, cutting, and printing as well as advising on editioning your prints and their aftercare, and how to sharpen and care for your tools.

Laura Boswell ARE is a printmaker who works with linocut and traditional Japanese woodblock printing. She has trained extensively in Japan with master craftsmen, and her practice draws from ancient Japanese print techniques as well as mid-century graphic design. She is an elected member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

Size: 17.4 x 23.6 cm
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN-13: 9781785006562