Woodblock Printmaking

by Tom Drary on March 9, 2010

How a woodblock print is made

Tagged as: Printmaking, Woodblock

{ 25 comments }

rolo6rolo March 9, 2010 at 1:41 pm: whoa O_o nicely done!
alishechka29 March 9, 2010 at 1:54 pm: dam thats art for the sake of art
Jubie1022 March 9, 2010 at 2:19 pm: Eeeek!! Im doing this for my History and Analysis of Design class and im nervous because iv’e never done this before…
theripper7675 March 9, 2010 at 2:41 pm: nice job
tinnmom March 9, 2010 at 3:03 pm: Thank you for your wonderful information.
pipster06 March 9, 2010 at 3:45 pm: excellent, just what i need for Uni research!
clairedotcom18 March 9, 2010 at 4:17 pm: what a cute lil ol’ man!
incredible artwork
thanks for the useful info
cos im majoring in printmaking for my degree
gecko303 March 9, 2010 at 5:06 pm: Incredible work. Thankyou for the post.
Windowlicker77 March 9, 2010 at 5:11 pm: Such a lost art you are a master my friend beautiful work.
Amethysting March 9, 2010 at 5:21 pm: Always wondered about Japanese woodcuts….water based ink?
TadakoXIII March 9, 2010 at 5:51 pm: wow… that is so beast.
sinibaa March 9, 2010 at 6:41 pm: I’ve always wondered about this process, thank you for making this video and sharing your skill.
OMFG7894 March 9, 2010 at 6:50 pm: hey I’m doing some media work for college and i have searched the internet like mad and have not been able to find any advantages and disadvantages of relief printing i was wondering if you could help me or any one could?
DitherSwitch March 9, 2010 at 7:05 pm: The print came out wonderful. I’m a lithographer but I seriously need to go back to relief printing now. I love the subtle look of the Japanese water-based technique.
DitherSwitch March 9, 2010 at 7:50 pm: He pronounced “Hanga to” as if he were saying “Hanga 2″.
animes25 March 9, 2010 at 8:45 pm: sugoi gaijin
genkigoth March 9, 2010 at 8:51 pm: Oh, you use the chisel to carve out whatever it is you don’t want colored. For his demo, if he wants those roofs to be red, then he’d carve out everything except the roofs. Some chisels are real tiny that are great for little detail. When you’re done carving you paint on the uncarved areas, plant the paper and press the hell out of it, lol!

It’s time consuming, but it gets fun once you get the swing of it.
isostatica March 9, 2010 at 9:18 pm: amazing
xYouBabex March 9, 2010 at 9:31 pm: this is like lino printing x
ronskiuk March 9, 2010 at 10:23 pm: very interesting video. I didn’t quite get how the drawing gets cut down per colour but a good watch.
clustro March 9, 2010 at 10:23 pm: amazing work! 5 stars!
sklanger March 9, 2010 at 10:48 pm: Very nice. Thanks for putting this online — this is what youtube is all about.
coochi6 March 9, 2010 at 11:08 pm: um… sory if this sounds like a stupid question, but can you get splinters from woodblock printing? I dont know much about it, and I need some disadvantages of using it for homework.
jssemi March 9, 2010 at 11:42 pm: Yes, it’s like the modern version of woodblock printing, its softer and easier to cut, however, I have yet to see any of the same quality as some Ukiyo-e I have seen.
StephenKuma March 10, 2010 at 12:23 am: great video! i cant believe the page isnt secured more than just those kento marks…seems like its gonna move!