Wood Engraving Wednesday
Here are some original prints from the Wood Engravers' Network (WEN) 25th Anniversary Portfolio of Prints (WEN Block & Burin Bundle No. 62, Autumn 2019). WEN was founded in 1994 by Ann Arbor wood engraver and letterpress printer Jim Horton to foster education and create a resource for wood engravers and the practice of wood engraving. Over the decades, WEN has expanded to become an international organization with members from around the globe. 32 wood engravers participated in this anniversary print exchange. The prints shown above are:
For 25 Years, a three-color engraving with a letterpress quotation from Emily Dickinson's poem "This My Letter to the World" by WEN founder Jim Horton, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Staying Sharp at 25, a five-color engraving by Joanne Price at her Starpoint Studio, Bagdad, Kentucky.
Extinction Afterlife-Chaos, a Corian reduction relief engraving by Abigail Rorer at her Lone Oak Press, Petersham, Massachusetts.
WEN XXV by Judith Jaidinger, Illinois.
Composition #25, endgrain maple engraving by Anders Sandstrom, Indianapolis, Indiana.
WEN25, endgrain maple engraving by Julie Kirihara, Eagan, Minnesota.
The Printer's Hands by Nancy Bittner, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Endless by William Myers at his Piano Press, St. Paul Minnesota.
Cotswold Farmhouse endgrain English boxwood engraving by Andy English at his Isle Handpress, Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Gears, homemade maple block engraving by Marc Horovitz, Colorado.
Beauty by Leslie Evans at her Sea Dog Press, Watertown, Massachusetts.
The prints below are:
Portfolio case print by Jon Hinkel at his The Tight Squeeze Press, Duluth, Minnesota.
W.E.N. 25th ("Hopeless"), a Resingraving by George Dirolf, New York.
This portfolio is a gift from our friend Tony Drehfal.
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