Come view WEN’s Third Triennial Exhibition at Asheville BookWorks November 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019! WEN is honored to have partnered with Asheville BookWorks for at least eight years – having hosted several wood engraving workshops, a WEN conference and all three of WEN’s traveling exhibitions. You won’t want to miss this exhibit there…
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In past blog posts we featured prints from WEN members for “Seize the Carp,” a collaboration between the Wood Engraver’s Network and the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. They were designed and carved by engravers and then printed at Hamilton on Neenah Classic Crest, 100 lb. cover, Bare White. At 9×9 inches each print…
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The cover of the Japanese translation of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass”, is graced with the WEN’s Editor’s engravings of his wife’s (many) sweetgrass braids. Tony says “I cut this engraving for the WEN calendar, and about the same time Jeanne [Tony’s partner] was reading Robin’s book, and really liking it (I too have read…
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WEN member Gerard Brender à Brandis is the Canadian publisher, The Porcupine’s Quill’s Author of the Month! But of course, Gerard’s hundreds of drawings, wood engravings and watercolours could easily be celebrated for more than one month! Check out Gerard’s highlighted books from The Porcupine’s Quill here and see his exhibition below: Engravings from A Gathering…
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Wow – what a great conference! A thousand thanks to Susan Lowdermilk and the Eugene Printmakers group for making our week in Oregon extra memorable! Horse Creek Lodge was a great home base and the University of Oregon (Eugene) revealed some wonderful local treasures. Here are just some of the many fun things that we…
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Looking for venues to exhibit your wood engravings? Well, here are a few: Society of Wood Engravers 81st Annual Exhibition entries due to arrive in the United Kingdom before June 30, 2018. The Society of Wood Engravers’ 81st Annual Exhibition is an open submission and all forms of relief printmaking are eligible. Prints from the…
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WEN member, Gerard Brender à Brandis has produced hundreds of drawings, watercolors, and engravings of plants, landscape, buildings and musical instruments. Gerard’s garden and studio are in Stratford, Ontario Canada. This wood engraving is titled Dodecatheon meadia. Commonly called “shooting star,” this wild flower grows naturally from southern Manitoba through Wisconsin, west to Pennsylvania, D.C. and…
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The Wood Engravers’ Network Third Triennial Exhibition is now showing in Lawrence Hall (School of Art + Design) at the University of Oregon. We are thrilled to have the University of Oregon as our west-coast exhibit venue and with plenty of time for our Annual Summer Conference in McKenzie Bridge, Oregon this June 23–30! Juror,…
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WEN member, Tony Drehfal gave a 90 minute presentation and demonstration to University of Wisconsin – Marshfield professor, Kitty Kingston’s Intro to Printmaking class (and a few local artists) on February 27, 2018. In addition to the presentation, Tony and Kitty were featured on the WSAW Wausau (Channel 7 CBS) at 4am for their morning…
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