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- Wood_engraving abstract "Wood engraving is a printmaking and letterpress printing technique, in which the artist works the image or matrix of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively low pressure. By contrast, ordinary engraving, like etching, uses a metal plate for the matrix, and is printed by the intaglio method, where the ink fills the valleys, the removed areas. As a result, wood engravings deteriorate less quickly than copper-plate engravings, and have a distinctive white-on-black character.Thomas Bewick developed the wood engraving technique at the end of the 18th century. His work differed from earlier woodcuts in two key ways. First, rather than using woodcarving tools such as knives, Bewick used an engraver's burin (graver). With this, he could create thin delicate lines, often creating large dark areas in the composition. Second, wood engraving traditionally uses the wood's end grain—while the older technique used the softer side grain. The resulting increased hardness and durability facilitated more detailed images.Wood-engraved blocks could be used on conventional printing presses, which were going through rapid mechanical improvements during the first quarter of the 19th century. The blocks were made the same height as, and composited alongside, movable type in page layouts—so printers could produce thousands of copies of illustrated pages with almost no deterioration. The combination of this new wood engraving method and mechanized printing drove a rapid expansion of illustrations in the 19th-century. Further, advances in stereotype let wood-engravings be reproduced onto metal, where they could be mass produced for sale to printers.By the mid-19th century, many wood engravings rivaled copperplate engravings. Wood engraving was used to great effect by 19th century artists such as Edward Calvert, and its heyday lasted until the early and mid 20th century when remarkable achievements were made by Eric Gill, Eric Ravilious and others. Though less used now, the technique is still prized in the early 21st century as a high-quality specialist technique of book illustration, and is promoted, for example, by the Society of Wood Engravers who hold an annual exhibition in London and other British venues.".
- Wood_engraving thumbnail Bewick_Thomas_Barn_Owl_Tyto_alba.png?width=300.
- Wood_engraving wikiPageExternalLink 1.
- Wood_engraving wikiPageExternalLink book-periodical-illustration.
- Wood_engraving wikiPageExternalLink www.woodengravers.co.uk.
- Wood_engraving wikiPageExternalLink www.woodengravers.net.
- Wood_engraving wikiPageID "1119882".
- Wood_engraving wikiPageRevisionID "603268800".
- Wood_engraving align "right".
- Wood_engraving alt "A dark wooden block at an angle".
- Wood_engraving alt "A dark wooden block from above".
- Wood_engraving alt "A print made from the block".
- Wood_engraving caption "Print made with the block. The repaired circular area is visible on the right between the man and the dog.".
- Wood_engraving caption "The block shown from above. Notice the circular area marking damaged and repaired wood on the left next to the figure of a man.".
- Wood_engraving caption "This original engraved wood block by Thomas Bewick is made to type height so it can be printed together with text on a letterpress.".
- Wood_engraving hasPhotoCollection Wood_engraving.
- Wood_engraving image "Bewick block 01.jpg".
- Wood_engraving image "Bewick block 02.jpg".
- Wood_engraving image "Bewick block 03.jpg".
- Wood_engraving width "200".
- Wood_engraving subject Category:Engraving.
- Wood_engraving subject Category:Relief_printing.
- Wood_engraving comment "Wood engraving is a printmaking and letterpress printing technique, in which the artist works the image or matrix of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively low pressure. By contrast, ordinary engraving, like etching, uses a metal plate for the matrix, and is printed by the intaglio method, where the ink fills the valleys, the removed areas.".
- Wood_engraving label "Grabado en madera".
- Wood_engraving label "Gravure sur bois".
- Wood_engraving label "Holzstich".
- Wood_engraving label "Houtgravure".
- Wood_engraving label "Wood engraving".
- Wood_engraving sameAs Dřevoryt.
- Wood_engraving sameAs Holzstich.
- Wood_engraving sameAs Grabado_en_madera.
- Wood_engraving sameAs Gravure_sur_bois.
- Wood_engraving sameAs Houtgravure.
- Wood_engraving sameAs m.047r4p.
- Wood_engraving sameAs Q1259197.
- Wood_engraving sameAs Q1259197.
- Wood_engraving wasDerivedFrom Wood_engraving?oldid=603268800.
- Wood_engraving depiction Bewick_Thomas_Barn_Owl_Tyto_alba.png.
- Wood_engraving isPrimaryTopicOf Wood_engraving.