International studio (46.1912)

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THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO

March, 1912

C. W. KRAUSHAAR
ART GALLERIES
DURING MARCH, EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY
HENRY LE SIDANER
Also Choice Examples bv FANTIN, MAUVE, ISRAELS, WEISSENBRUCH,
BLOMMERS VOLLON, MONTICELLI, WHISTLER and COURBET.
Rare Proofs by SEYMOUR HADEN, CAMERON, WHISTLER, BRANGWYN
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BY
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ALSO
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machine printing the rollers follow in
close succession, and at such speed that an
overprinting is laid upon one which is still
wet. This often causes a tendency for
the colors to flake off, while in hand print-
ing the colors are not only more intense but
possess a crispness of outline through being
more strongly pressed into the paper.
Furthermore, the pressure on the rollers
in a machine is so light, by comparison,
and their passage so swift, that only a thin
coat of the pigment is left on the paper.
The wooden blocks used in hand printing
have a certain advantage over the machine
rollers in that they can express certain
subtleties of line in the wood which can-
not be done in the copper necessary in the
rollers.
The wooden block, upon which the great-
est skill in carving must be employed, con-

DETAIL OF A HAND-CARVED WOOD BLOCK
USED IN HAND PRINTING


sists of a heavy backing of pine, faced with
sycamore or pear wood, the whole so thick
as to stand without warping or splitting
under the heavy pressure often required in
printing off the color which is applied to
it. This great pressure also makes it im-
possible to render very thin lines in wood
blocks, these being formed of brass or
copper and set into the wood where neces-
sary. Such a combination plate, however,
is not highly desirable owing to the fact
that the wood has a tendency to swell when
it is wet, while the copper does not, which
produces an uneven surface and makes a
perfect print very difficult. If one be de-
signing for reproduction on wood, there-
fore, it is well to keep this practical detail
in mind, and to work only in rather heavy
lines which may readily be rendered in
wood. The wood block illustrated in de-
tail shows the character of design adapt-
able to wood carving. The nature of de-
sign which may be rendered in copper
driven into the wood core of a roller is
shown in the detail and the complete roller
illustrated. These rollers are usually
eighteen inches wide, with a circumference
of from eighteen to twenty inches, which
naturally makes it necessary that a design
intended to be printed in this manner
should be laid out to repeat right and left
and from also an exact unit limited to the
circumference.