I decided to enter a woodblock recreation of an image from a 1568 Danse Macabre into East Kingdom King’s and Queen’s Arts and Science Champions. I was super pleased with the results, and I enjoyed the process. I was able to get the pear wood planed to type height, so I was able to print the block [...]
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So the dance of death woodblock has been fully carved for the first time. Now I need to ink it, make some print, and see what final carving needs to be done. Generally there are areas that need to be carved deeper, or details that need to be enhanced. You can only tell what needs [...] So I am going to have to put my Pennsic map project on hold. It is much to involved for me to work on while finishing up my Ph.D. I did get all of my pear wood planed down to 0.918″, which is American type height, so it will fit in my printing press, so now [...] I have added in the castles for each of the royal camps. I thought there would be more space, but some areas are really densely packed, so the castles are pretty small. I got rid of the fences in camps, in part because they were too big, and in part because I didn’t like the [...] Here is the map without the base official pennsic map layer. I have added in the fort, the field battle, the woods battle, and a number of encampments. I am still debating what to do about the lake. Next up will likely be little castles for all of the royal encampments.
I have begun the design for a new woodblock project – a map of Pennsic. I intend for it to be very detailed and include battle scenes, archers, royal encampments and more. I am trying to make it in the style of Sebastian Munster. I do not know how to draw, so it is difficult [...] I was planning on having 2-3 weeks to carve the final woodblock, but of course it didn’t come together until the last minute. I had 4 days to carve, but it all came together in the end. Woodblock printed map The final print on Arches 140lb hot rolled 100% rag paper. I can see why pear [...] Some progress on the map project. I was able to get hold of some pear wood from Hearne Hardwoods, a wonderful place with all different species of hardwood. The piece was 2″ thick and very curved, so I had it planed down and it is now about 1.5″. The board is 12″ wide on one side [...] I have made some changes and some progress to my map. I have taken out the second lines between the US and Mexico. Even though Mexico isn’t part of the KW I didn’t want to use the same type of lines that I use to show water elsewhere on the map. I [...] I am making a woodblock printed map of the US portion of the Known World for this Mudthaw (2010). This will be my third woodblock project, the first being a set of face cards for a deck of playing cards, and the second a very simple bookmark for a local event. [...] |
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