Wood Engraving–Historic Letterpress Illustration

Wood engraving creates fine detail with bold woodcut characteristics, perfect for adding illustrations to letterpress cards, artist books, broadsides, or as stand-alone images. Learn to cut your own original drawings into miniature, end-grain hardwood blocks and print them in a limited edition. Materials, creating and transferring images, tool sharpening, engraving, setting printer's type by hand (optional), and proofing will be covered. All levels welcome; drawing experience is helpful.

$35

Joanne Price has 30 years of printmaking experience including teaching at the University of Kentucky, Augsburg College, University of Minnesota, Penland School of Crafts, and more. She was also president of the Wood Engravers' Network (2014-2020) and an elected member of the Society of Wood Engravers. She is founder and owner of Starpointe Studio, specializing in printmaking and book arts. Price also collaborates with letterpress publishers like Larkspur press, doing book illustrations for authors, such as Wendell Berry, Sena Jeter Naslund and more. Her work is included in the collections of the Guangdong Museum of Art in China, Yale University, and many more public and private collections.