Wood Engraving Wednesday
Here is a selection of original, signed wood-engraved prints from the 2020 Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN) Printers Bundles sent in the fall to WEN members along with that year’s issue of the society’s journal Block & Burin. These prints were issued at the height of the COVID pandemic. Artist Joanne Price, president of WEN at the time, writes to members in that year's issue of Block & Burin:
There isn't a day when I don't think of you all. Wondering how you are weathering 2020 -- the global pandemic, wildfires, flooding, hurricanes, political and civil unrest -- I deeply hope and wish for your safety and health. Just don't ask "Can things get any worse?" -- just don't, because they could!
But Joanne concludes her address with messages of hope and encouragement, and the engravings in that year's bundle do much the same (we'd like to think that the pump in the first print is pumping water rather than oil). Shown here from top to bottom:
Pump, endgrain maple engraving by Marc Horovitz, Colorado.
Realigning, endgrain maple engraving by Colleen Dwire, California.
Furry Fir Transport B, resingrave engraving by Jody Bruns, Indiana.
Angel Song, wood engraving by Joanne Price, Kentucky.
Canadian Helix, engraved in wood with a lozenge-shaped burin by Jim Jereb, Wyoming.
Nesting, high-impact polystyrene engraving by Mirka Hokkanen, Maryland.
Death Mask: Duke of Wellington, resingrave engraving by Christopher M. Register, Virginia.
Hala Sultan Tekke, Larnaca, color wood engraving by Hilary Painter, United Kingdom.
Our copy of the 2020 WEN Bundle is a gift from our friend Tony Drehfal.
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