http://mlyon.com Mike Lyon demonstrates large scale printing of 17 block woodcut around July 26, 2006. Printing 'Sara' 42x77 inches on handmade paper by Japanese Living National Treasure, Iwano Ichibei using a stationary bed pinch roller press of Lyon's design and a unique sliding drawer humidor which allows him to print such large sheets single handed. Video shows printing the 7th of 10 sheets over the 4th block, then changing blocks and resetting paper.
OH! This is gorgeous, and EXTREMELY educational! I'd love to be able to make prints :) Thanks for sharing this!
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soapdoc 2 years ago