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Japanese Papers for Printmaking

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By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim For nearly two thousand years, the Chinese have made paper. That craft spread throughout the Far East, first to Korea and then to Japan in 610…

Checklist for Relief Printing with Oil-Based Inks

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By Jim Hingst @hingst_jim You can get started in woodcut and linocut relief printing with a reasonable investment in equipment and materials. You will notice that I used the adjective…

Japanese Carving Tools for Woodblock Relief Printing

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By Jim Hingst Photo A You won’t need many tools to start carving woodblock panels for relief printing. You probably could get by with an Xacto knife and the gouges…