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Wood Engraving
How to Do It
Taschenbuch von Simon Brett
Sprache: Englisch

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A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and practical wood engraving manual.Wood Engraving is an easily-followed, practical manual on wood engraving for beginners. Learn the processes of printing and engraving through clear explanations and use the lists of material requirements to help you get started. In this third, revised edition, discover up-to-date technique variations and all the tips and methods that the author has found helpful in 50 years as a practitioner.

Since, or so he says, how to do it cannot be separated from why you are doing it and what it is you think you are doing, the book also touches on the relation of wood engraving to art more generally, and is a companion not only to beginning but also to continuing in this historic art. A beautiful object in its own right and written by a master in the field, this book is a must have if you treasure fine wood engraving and the contribution Simon Brett has made to it.
A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and practical wood engraving manual.Wood Engraving is an easily-followed, practical manual on wood engraving for beginners. Learn the processes of printing and engraving through clear explanations and use the lists of material requirements to help you get started. In this third, revised edition, discover up-to-date technique variations and all the tips and methods that the author has found helpful in 50 years as a practitioner.

Since, or so he says, how to do it cannot be separated from why you are doing it and what it is you think you are doing, the book also touches on the relation of wood engraving to art more generally, and is a companion not only to beginning but also to continuing in this historic art. A beautiful object in its own right and written by a master in the field, this book is a must have if you treasure fine wood engraving and the contribution Simon Brett has made to it.
Über den Autor
Simon Brett
Zusammenfassung
Suitable both as a practical manual and as an art object in its own right
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Arrangement of the Book
Introduction: Basic Principles

THE HAND
The Act of Printing
Basic printing
Ink
Pressure
Better Printing
Make-ready
Design and printing - and three case histories
Inspecting the print - troubleshooting
Lowering
The Act of Engraving
Holding the tool
First cuts
Sampler blocks
Good habits
Not addition but subtraction

THE MIND
The Means to OrderDesigning for Engraving
Preparing a design
Putting the design on the block
Darkening the block
Transferring the design
Drawing the design on the wood
A personal choice
Designing through engraving
Choices - Shapes, surfaces and forms
Choices - Some other examples
Choices - Marks
Choices - Edges
Proofing and re-engraving
The pains to know

SETTING UP
Blocks
Engraving tools
The choice and care of tools
Other engraving equipment
Paper
Ink
Rollers
Presses
Cleaning agents
Space
Self-help
Contacts
Suppliers
A beginner's shopping list

MATTERS ARISING

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 160
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781912217502
ISBN-10: 1912217503
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Brett, Simon
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 241 x 159 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Brett
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.04.2018
Gewicht: 0,41 kg
preigu-id: 110588458
Über den Autor
Simon Brett
Zusammenfassung
Suitable both as a practical manual and as an art object in its own right
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Arrangement of the Book
Introduction: Basic Principles

THE HAND
The Act of Printing
Basic printing
Ink
Pressure
Better Printing
Make-ready
Design and printing - and three case histories
Inspecting the print - troubleshooting
Lowering
The Act of Engraving
Holding the tool
First cuts
Sampler blocks
Good habits
Not addition but subtraction

THE MIND
The Means to OrderDesigning for Engraving
Preparing a design
Putting the design on the block
Darkening the block
Transferring the design
Drawing the design on the wood
A personal choice
Designing through engraving
Choices - Shapes, surfaces and forms
Choices - Some other examples
Choices - Marks
Choices - Edges
Proofing and re-engraving
The pains to know

SETTING UP
Blocks
Engraving tools
The choice and care of tools
Other engraving equipment
Paper
Ink
Rollers
Presses
Cleaning agents
Space
Self-help
Contacts
Suppliers
A beginner's shopping list

MATTERS ARISING

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 160
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781912217502
ISBN-10: 1912217503
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Brett, Simon
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 241 x 159 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Brett
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.04.2018
Gewicht: 0,41 kg
preigu-id: 110588458
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