What is woodblock watermarking

Woodblock watermarking techniques, Beijing Rongbaozhai traditional handicrafts, one of the national intangible cultural heritage.

Woodblock watermarking mainly has a hook (plate division), carving (plate making), printing (printing) and other basic craft procedures and carving, ticking, dusting and other special skills produced.

Woodblock watermarking according to the manuscript of the handwriting of the thickness of the long and thin, straight, square and round, just soft, withered and moist, the color of the depth of the color, light and dark, warm and cold and color to the back of the yin and yang plate hooks, engraved into a number of plates, and then compared to the original, from deep to shallow, pen by pen in turn superimposed on the prints, and strive to be similar to the original, precise and accurate, and to the extent that the mess really is.

Expanded Information

Woodblock watermarking technique has a long historical tradition in China. As early as 868 A.D. (the Tang Dynasty Xiantong nine years), a person named Wang step will use this technique to carve the "Diamond Sutra" title page illustration, which has been passed down to the world. Since the Tang Dynasty, many books have been accompanied by illustrations, and in the sixteenth century there were color overprints.

Later, Rong Bao Zhai in this traditional skills based on continuous improvement and innovation, in 1896 set up post sets, hired carving, printing masters, printed a large number of exquisite poetry paper, letterhead. During the Republic of China Rong Bao Zhai reprinted "Ten Bamboo Zhai paper", so that the color overprint and archival techniques have been continued and developed.

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