Multi-Block / Chiaroscuro Project / CMYK
Multi-block was the traditional Japanese method (Mokuhanga), that was highly developed during the edo period.
Chiaroscuro Prints came later and were the European counterpart to the Japanese method.
Project parameters:
Chiaroscuro Prints came later and were the European counterpart to the Japanese method.
Project parameters:
- Image size: Minimum of 8"x 10" on either wood or linoleum, with a minimum of 1" clean borders.
- Edition size 6 high quality prints; (you will do 2 color variations- 3 prints of each variation for a total of 6 finished clean prints.)
- You can do a traditional chiaroscuro print or a multi-block.
Handouts
| transferring_key_image_mulit-block.pdf |
Transferring an image from block to block. (the sample below is a chiaroscuro print)
It is recommended you use Mylar (which doesn't stretch), Acetate sheets can stretch a bit.
TERMS:
- Key Block
- Offset
- Chiaroscuro
- Pin Registration
