Cuban born, Maria Arango-Diener is a very talented and prolific printmaker primarily doing woodcuts and wood engravings. This relief engraving on corian is called Following the Light, based on the entrance to the Valley of Fire state park in Nevada’s Mojave Desert. Maria organizes very ambitious exchange projects like her most recent Peace Puzzle or…
The University of Montana’s Montana Museum of Art and Culture is hosting the Wood Engravers’ Network Triennial Exhibition June 9 – September 17, 2016. We are so excited to have the exhibit at MMAC – our group doesn’t get that far west too often and it’s doubly exciting to see our contemporary engravings along side…
On our last day together several of us went to view the Texas A&M University’s Entomology collection. While these insects may give some the creepy crawlies – I was in heaven! I have been working on an artist’s book of beneficial insects and so seeing these specimens and talking with Mirka’s husband, Hee Kim –…
At the WEN Annual Summer Workshop in Bryan, Texas May 23-28, Mirka Hokkanen (hostess with the most-est) organized a fun Exquisite Corpse project. Exquisite Corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver (from the original French term cadavre exquis) or rotating corpse, is a method by which a collection of images is assembled – in our case,…
On the fourth day of the WEN annual workshop we enjoyed many activities, including an exhibit of wood engravings curated by WEN and Mirka Hokkanen at the Art Council of Brazos Valley’s Texas Gallery. There were some wonderful works on view from Mirka’s private collection in addition to the WEN traveling exhibit. The Sead…
The Cushing Memorial Library at A&M University was most warm, welcoming, and well presented. The 15th Book History Workshop was in session during our visit and we met many new friends with similar interests. The weather was a little uncooperative with a tornado scare, flash flooding and torrential downpours that had us wading through fast…
WEN 2016 Summer Workshop participants had the privilege of visiting the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s wonderful resources including the Museum’s current exhibitions as well as the Works on Paper Study Center and the Special Collections Library. A book about wood engraving tools Carl Montford shows images on his phone of the slow progression of…
The WEN 2016 annual summer workshop kicked off with a presentation from Finnish visiting artist, Inari Krohn. Inari talked about her approach to wood engraving using some untraditional end grain woods such as cherry, juniper, and more. Her unique combination of different processes is refreshing and beautiful, merging wood engraving, Japanese water-based woodcut and intaglio.…
WEN’s May calendar page by Nancy Darrell sets the pace for the last leg of spring. Nancy Darrell is an artist from North Carolina. Visit Nancy’s website here
Dale Kennedy’s dark and mysterious engravings are always a delight to sit and study. Astronomical and surreal details are woven together to create a springtime feast for the eyes, enjoy!