FACEBOOK

I'm am not very good with Facebook and probably don't understand the entire concept, but one of the people I have as a friend is John Steins. He is a fantastic artist who I started following because of his beautiful print making. His wood engravings are stunning. You might also enjoy his work...

http://johnsteins.com/

He recently posted a link to a woman playing Latvian music on a Kokle. Sounds boring but not so at all!!

http://youtu.be/yAwRI1Ahzvw

VIRTUAL BOOK

Here is another little bonus found on John Stein's great website. This is one of three out of print books he has posted in their entirety. This one is a 1954 book titled 'Engraving on Wood' by John Farleigh.

http://johnsteins.com/art_books/engraving-on-wood-john-farleigh

JOHN STEINS REVISITED

I have mentioned the wonderful website of John Steins in earlier posts and all of the fantastic printmaking information available there. I spent a little more time there this morning and found a post on a Lino-cut technique that I absolutely will try in the future. It's the 'Jigsaw Method' in which the lino block is cut into sections so they can be inked separately. This makes gradated inking much easier. The block is then re-assembled on the press and printed all at once.

 Lino block cut apart.....