Join the President of the Wood Engravers’ Network, Joanne Price, for a weekend wood engraving workshop at Asheville BookWorks (Asheville, NC) Friday, Dec. 14 (5pm–7:30pm), Saturday Dec. 15 (10–5) and Sunday Dec. 16 (10–5). Wood engraving is your secret weapon for creating detailed images while retaining the bold relief characteristics of woodcut and linoleum. This…
Come to the mountains of West Virginia to immerse yourself in a week of Wood Engraving and Letterpress with Sara Brown of Questionable Press, assisted by veteran wood engraver, Jim Horton! Letterpress printing has its roots in centuries-old traditions, essentially dating back to Gutenberg. Wood engraving is a traditional letterpress relief image-making process. In this…
This one-day workshop is specially designed as a taster/teaser – short & sweet, like summer’s kiss! It’s dark, it’s devilishly detailed – you’ll be charmed by its history, its delicate, but bold, woodcut characteristics, and its intimate scale. Walk away with the know-how to make illustrations the “old” way—black & white images hand-cut into end…
Wood Engraving is no stranger to the Seattle area thanks to WEN Member Carl Montford’s passion for sharing the process. Intro to Wood Engraving, held at the School of Visual Concepts (SVC) in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood — home to Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the Elephant Super Car Wash — will be an especially perfect…
If you’re itching to make some detailed wood engravings, you’re in luck! WEN member Rebecca Gilbert will be teaching “Wood Engraving with Letterpress” at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia on Mondays, starting April 9th. Having six classes to learn this engaging medium at a great value is a perfect way for beginners or seasoned…
This workshop will cover the basic techniques and materials of wood engraving, a relief printmaking technique. Wood engravings are usually created in a small, illustrative format that renders great detail and wonderful contrasting tones. Engraving is almost a meditative activity. Wood engraving is done on hard, end-grain wood blocks with special tools called gravers. If…
Roll up your sleeves and learn the historic process of wood engraving with Wood Engravers’ Network member, and print prof, Rebecca Gilbert at the Fleisher Art Memorial Tuesday evenings, September 12–October 14! The materials and tools used for this technique, otherwise known as white line engraving, lend themselves to creating large editions of small and…
The Wood Engravers’ Network Annual 2017 conference/workshop will be held at Stockton University in Galloway, NJ. from June 26 to July 1, 2017, hosted by Michael McGarvey with organizational assistance from Rebecca Gilbert and Michelle Post.
A Wood Engraving class taught by WEN member, Katie Commodore February 19 – March 11 (4 weeks) – Fridays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm Wood engraving is an amazing medium that can convey great detail in a relief print with minimal strain on the joints. Using Resingrave blocks (the modern replacement for end grain boxwood) the…
Join WEN President, Joanne Price (Starpointe Studio), for a Wood Engraving workshop February 4 & 5, 10am – 5pm, in Bagdad, Kentucky! Wood engraving creates delicate, fine details with bold woodcut characteristics. Wood engraving was historically used to creating images in news and leisure publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’s Weekly, the London Illustrated News…