Printing

Plate XXI.—Reproduction of a colour print by Hiroshigé.

 

 

Plate XXII

Introduction and Description of the Origins of Wood-block Printing; its uses for personal artistic expression,for reproduction of decorative designs, and as a fundamental training for students of printed decoration.

 

The few wood-block prints shown from time to time by the Society of Graver Printers in Colour, and the occasional appearance of a wood-block print in the Graver Section of the International Society's Exhibitions, or in those of the Society of Arts and Crafts, are the outcome of the experiments of a small group of English artists in making prints by the Japanese method, or by methods based on the Japanese practice.

CUTTING

 

A set of blocks consists of a key-block and several colour blocks. The block that must be cut first is that which prints the line or "key" of the design. By means of impressions from this key-block the various other blocks for printing the coloured portions of the design are cut. The key-block is the most important of the set of blocks and contains the essential part of the design.

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