DOI Heft:
No. 17 (August, 1895)
DOI Artikel:Woodcut printing in water colours, III
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17190#0163
Woodcut Printing in Water-Colours
which, as you see, are very simple, he was able to " But I suppose the blocks after all were not the
cut with a knife upon some pieces of maple (as I chief difficulty ? "
was not able to obtain cherry-wood); yet these are " No ; I fancy that the consistency of the pig-
not so well cut as ment will be found to
some others cut by my ^3s^S|§SkC^ be the most important
brother, who had never ff^^ factor in the solution of
attempted anything of /^^rn^^S1^S[¥>^^^'s^=^!^ tne Prorjlem. I tried a
the sort before, who O'^/s^X^f*^ W f^^Xi^\^% great number of expe-
does not carve, does not ^JS*^^ \\<H^ k\-^^)J^^^Ju\ riments with colours
even draw. The point /Jf g\ >s^l*s^^*^~JS^^)ff?> ^*\\ mixed with various me-
of this would seem to u (fp^% ( J /^^tCSl1) ff^^l V diums, but came back
show that for cutting U £^^f(X»^"4F4y | yll_-=»**Xj^?JrJ f) at ^ast t0 the Pamts as
along the grain, the \^ ^^"^^^vf^^^^S? €j Jl made up by English
almost miraculous skill ' i^STcT CiBWotSi v^^Clpw* colour-makers (of these
of the modern wood- 111 ^^"^^ ^'^llv > II the moist water-colours
engraver will avail you /T^4^*f?*~^^^^I^^^^^V°!^^^v *n turjes seemed to work
nothing." id J^^x*0 I \\ more easily), or else
" Is there any real \^jf/f^\ f^~T^^^^^%~^P\ i^S^i^ n"xe<^ t'le Pow(ier
advantage in blocks cut \\, -^MK^ ^ ClJ colours with gum arabic
along the grain ?" ^^^£0^. ^jIIl with about the same
" I have not made ^S%J)C\ "S^^^^^^^C^^^'X f®*^^\ resun" I found that
sufficient experiments to \k3 ^es '^ ^JsKL^ \L Q*> $ adding claret to the
determine that point; qpg____>___tfe rn^st, colour so mixed, or even
but if it should turn out FIG 9._screen, wrought iron by h. pepper washing on the colour
to be advisable to have with claret instead of
blocks cut along the grain, I expect the most water, was in some cases an advantage,
likely people to effect it would be those who cut " The chief difficulty is to make the washes of
the blocks for wall-papers. A comparison of the colour print evenly. Sometimes I obtained a fairly
most elaborate Japanese blocks with modern wood- satisfactory result, and then, when I tried to repeat
engraving, will show that the former are simple the method I had employed, the whole print came
compared with the latter." out blotchy and mottled. The chances of this
fig. 10.-fire screen, wrought iron lined with copper gauze by h. pepper
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which, as you see, are very simple, he was able to " But I suppose the blocks after all were not the
cut with a knife upon some pieces of maple (as I chief difficulty ? "
was not able to obtain cherry-wood); yet these are " No ; I fancy that the consistency of the pig-
not so well cut as ment will be found to
some others cut by my ^3s^S|§SkC^ be the most important
brother, who had never ff^^ factor in the solution of
attempted anything of /^^rn^^S1^S[¥>^^^'s^=^!^ tne Prorjlem. I tried a
the sort before, who O'^/s^X^f*^ W f^^Xi^\^% great number of expe-
does not carve, does not ^JS*^^ \\<H^ k\-^^)J^^^Ju\ riments with colours
even draw. The point /Jf g\ >s^l*s^^*^~JS^^)ff?> ^*\\ mixed with various me-
of this would seem to u (fp^% ( J /^^tCSl1) ff^^l V diums, but came back
show that for cutting U £^^f(X»^"4F4y | yll_-=»**Xj^?JrJ f) at ^ast t0 the Pamts as
along the grain, the \^ ^^"^^^vf^^^^S? €j Jl made up by English
almost miraculous skill ' i^STcT CiBWotSi v^^Clpw* colour-makers (of these
of the modern wood- 111 ^^"^^ ^'^llv > II the moist water-colours
engraver will avail you /T^4^*f?*~^^^^I^^^^^V°!^^^v *n turjes seemed to work
nothing." id J^^x*0 I \\ more easily), or else
" Is there any real \^jf/f^\ f^~T^^^^^%~^P\ i^S^i^ n"xe<^ t'le Pow(ier
advantage in blocks cut \\, -^MK^ ^ ClJ colours with gum arabic
along the grain ?" ^^^£0^. ^jIIl with about the same
" I have not made ^S%J)C\ "S^^^^^^^C^^^'X f®*^^\ resun" I found that
sufficient experiments to \k3 ^es '^ ^JsKL^ \L Q*> $ adding claret to the
determine that point; qpg____>___tfe rn^st, colour so mixed, or even
but if it should turn out FIG 9._screen, wrought iron by h. pepper washing on the colour
to be advisable to have with claret instead of
blocks cut along the grain, I expect the most water, was in some cases an advantage,
likely people to effect it would be those who cut " The chief difficulty is to make the washes of
the blocks for wall-papers. A comparison of the colour print evenly. Sometimes I obtained a fairly
most elaborate Japanese blocks with modern wood- satisfactory result, and then, when I tried to repeat
engraving, will show that the former are simple the method I had employed, the whole print came
compared with the latter." out blotchy and mottled. The chances of this
fig. 10.-fire screen, wrought iron lined with copper gauze by h. pepper
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