Now is a great time to join the Wood Engravers’ Network! We welcome all wood engravers! If you enjoy following us on social media, and/or on our website blog, why not join and to get the FULL experience of being a member! No wood engraving experience is required – we welcome all levels of experience,…
It is with heavy heart that we say “good bye” to member, Anna Hogan. She died peacefully December 17, 2017 at the age of 96. We’re so glad that Anna’s art has been part of the Wood Engravers’ Network traveling exhibit for the past 4 years now. Each juror mentions her work as a point…
Starting January 1, 2018, the Wood Engravers’ Network, Inc. will be officially Incorporated in the state of Kentucky! Our group has been moving towards 501(c)(7) non-profit status for more than a year now and we’ve made our first big leap towards that goal! Incorporating our group as a social/ recreational club will help focus our…
See this spectacular survey of wood engravings all of December 2017 at Davidson Galleries in Seattle, Washington! This exhibition features over forty contemporary and historical wood engravers from around the world. The featured image here is Juniper and Half Dome by Richard Wagener. Several current WEN members are represented including Richard Wagener, Carl Montford, Abigail…
Did you miss the debut of the newest Wood Engravers’ Network Triennial exhibit this summer at Stockton University? Here’s your chance to see a re-mix of the exhibit at Stockton University’s Noyes Museum of Art starting August 30! Opening reception is Thursday September 21, 6-8pm Exhibition dates are August 30 through October 28. There’s more!…
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…
WEN member, Jim Todd has a new book out! Looney Toones: World War II Drawings 1941–1945, Interpretive Wood Cuts 2000–2016 by James G. Todd, JR. was published by the Montana Museum of Art & Culture‘s University of Montana Press, featuring woodcuts inspired by the artist’s childhood drawings. The drawings reflect influences from comic books, WW…
An interesting conference for art historians, archivists, museums and artists that aims to standardize how matrices are cataloged, handled and shared: ‘The Matrix Reloaded: Establishing Cataloguing and Research Guidelines for Artefacts of Printing Images.’ Check out the Graphic Arts Collections’ (Julie Melby) blog about the conference: https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2017/08/06/blocks-plates-stones/ Our friends from the Society of Wood Engravers,…
I always enjoy seeing the joy of discovering a new medium – especially when it is wood engraving and especially when it is in Finland! WEN member Mirka Hokkanen taught a beginning wood engraving class in Finland May 12-14th at the studio of Jaana Paulus in Jorvas (about 30 min from Helsinki). Mirka was kind…
The Wood Engravers’ Network Triennial Exhibit opening, Gaylord Shanilec‘s talk and the WEN conference received some press! Check out The Sandpaper’s article: “Wood Engravers Exhibit at Stockton University” published July 5, 2017. Especially nice are the photos in the slide shows found by clicking the photos on the left! The Sandpaper is a news magazine…