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Wood Engraving: Carve Lightly

By Emily Buehler

Type
Article
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
Published
2022
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About this lesson

A folk-school student's account of engraving a cat portrait onto a rock maple block, explaining the difference between woodcut and engraving, burin and spitsticker use, and printing both by hand-burnishing and on a letterpress.