Books by Hand Gerard Brender à Brandis, Wood Engraver and Bookwright by Marianne Brandis Gerard Brender à Brandis is an artist of uncommon breadth and depth. During his long career he integrated all the elements of making books by hand: drawing, engraving, paper-making, typesetting, printing, spinning and dying flax for the covers and weaving them,…
September 25, 2021: Social Hour with WEN Get a cup of coffee or tea and join us for a true social hour! Consider this a chance for old friends to stop by and say hello, to meet new members, and for us all to get to know each other a little bit more. We’ll chat about where…
…One of the more interesting alternate formats for the novel is the “wordless novel” or “the novel in woodcuts.” Here, unlike the graphic novel, there are no words at all, the woodcut images carry the entire burden of telling the linear story. Dr. Richard Hopkins has been a book enthusiast his entire life. Book related…
Chapters 3 – 6 of the Visual Literacy Workbook by WEN member David Moyer and Brian Flynn are now availabe on Youtube. These chapters cover topics essential to all visual artists Gestalt, Unity,& Variety Introduction to Color The Illusion of Space Introduction to Balance You can watch all six chapters with this channel link: Visual…
Barry Moser’s book Wood Engraving:The Art of Wood Engraving & Relief Engraving is once again available in print. This book has been hard to find and often very expensive. The book’s release coincided with a retrospective exhibition of Moser’s wood engraving art at the R. Michelson Gallery in Northhampton, Massachusetts. The exhibition will be in…
“Visual Literacy is the ability to see and understand or read a visual image for its Form and Content.” Watch these videos based on David Moyer’s Visual Literacy Workbook that he uses where he is an assistant professor of graphic design at Pennsylvania College of Technology. There are currently 2 chapters available to view. The…
Lunar new year came last Friday, February 12th. WEN member Keith Cranmer has produced this fine print for the Year of the OX:
This festive bow by WEN member, Carl Montford rings in the final month of 2020. Notice the secret mouse hidden in this wood engraving’s foliage — just makes you smile, right! Happy holidays from the Wood Engravers’ Network!
Current WEN members will enjoy an interview with British artist Anne Desmet in 2020’s Autumn edition of the Block & Burin, WEN’s bi-annual journal. Desmet talks about her own work and about the exhibition and the exhibit catalog she curated to celebrate the Society of Wood Engravers 100th Anniversary: Scene Through Wood: A Century of…
There are many online sources for wood engraving news — many of which you can subscribe to and see new posts delivered right to your inbox — eliminating continued deliberate searches for information related to wood engraving. Here are just some suggestions: Wood Engravers’ Network — we have 2 blogs right here on our website!…