Woodcut prints What tools do you need Thank you

The tools used to make woodcut prints are: carving knives, wooden boards, marionette mushroom topiary, oil rollers, paper, ink and turpentine; carving knives are also classified as beveled knives, flat knives, round knives and triangular knives.

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Woodcutting and Woodcutting p>Woodcut printmaking method is as follows:

1, draft: want to express the pattern into a brief line drawing or black and white draft, note that the printed image and the layout is the opposite direction, due to the content of the picture and consider the issue of the plate direction;

2, carving: carving: carving with a triangular knife carving out the contour of the picture edge of the woodblock, and then alternately combined with the use of the round knife in turn, carving out the bright side; It should be noted that the knife with the left hand should not be placed in front of the knife;

3, inking: with turpentine to adjust the ink, the ink will be evenly adhered to the oil roller, and then evenly rolled in ink on the plate; this step is needed to make all the raised parts of the plate are stained with ink;

4, rubbing the prints: the prepared paper aligned with the inked plate (paper and the plate need to be fixed in place, you can use clips, etc.); you can with a wooden mushroom or bottle cap friction topography;

5, finish: after grinding prints partially open to take a look, if there is no place to print solid, you can make up the ink in the place where it is not printed, continue to grind prints, in the local roll of ink should pay attention to, can not move the paper.

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