Three small prints from a single block set...

"Jessica" woodblock print
16 cherry plywood blocks
dry pigment in methyl cellulose paste on Iwano Ichibei hosho
approximately 9.3 x 4 inches
24 sheets completed October 4, 2004

 

"Elizabeth & Rod" woodblock print
16 cherry plywood blocks
dry pigment in methyl cellulose paste on Iwano Ichibei hosho
approximately 8.5 x 5.4 inches
24 sheets completed October 4, 2004

"Mia" woodblock print
16 cherry plywood blocks
dry pigment in methyl cellulose paste on Iwano Ichibei hosho
approximately 8.5 x 5.4 inches
24 sheets completed October 4, 2004


"Jessica", "Elizabeth & Rod", "Mia" woodblock prints -- this is what each 11 x 16 inch sheet looked like before the individual prints were cut out. This particular sheet was left uncut, but was signed and numbered 24/24 after the image above was scanned.

 

The 16 blocks carved for the prints. Each block is 1/4" plywood with a cherry veneer and each is 12 x 16 inches with registration notches (kento) carved into the lower right corner and just left of center on each block. The blocks are very flexible, so I hold them absolutely flat on my printing table using a special vacuum plenum I made for the purpose. The blocks above are laid out in the following order from block 1 (lightest color) to block 16 (darkest color):

16
12
8
4
15
11
7
3
14
10
6
2
13
9
5
1