This is my favourite book ~ ‘Wood Engraving – How to do it’ by Simon Brett.
Again, the wooden burnisher from http://www.chrisdaunt.com ~ or you can use a spoon.
Mulberry paper from Black Ink. It’s light but strong. The durathene roller is from http://www.lawrence.co.uk.
DMT diamond sharpening cards. I also have the 8″ blocks for my wood carving tools.
E C Lyons gravers. I’m learning with a #1 Spitsticker at the moment.
A good book for inspiration from Dover Publications 2015:
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The one print that caught my eye, by Iain Macnab:
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My first wood engraving version of it… with all the little mistakes… or happy accidents:
*Update*
I’ve got Chris Daunt’s book to flick through. So the first thing to do is some samplers ~ it’s been a little while. To help out I ordered a magnifying glass with lights:
~ will aim to start some larger prints with more practice… Onwards…
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