Engraving on Wood ~ John Farleigh
Here is John Farleigh’s excellent book of beginning techniques for those wanting to try wood-engraving. Many thanks to John Farleigh’s estate for permission to reproduce his book in this format.
You can “thumb” through the pages with your mouse or use the controls at the bottom.
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[...] an experiment I’m offering John Farleigh’s 1954 book, Engraving on Wood in a virtual book format that allows you to flip the pages back and forth with your [...]
Thanks for making this available – not easy to get this sort of info – lots of books have a brief overview of wood engraving technique, but not this kind of detail.
Cheers,
JM
Thanks John, Yes I like the ability to flip through a “virtual” book. Better than nothing at all. Just need time to tackle the others I have waiting.
Great idea, I’ve only just started doing lino and wood prints and value any more lessons. I am also a stuggling artist who took up printmaking a couple of years ago but can no longer afford the lessons so I am experimenting with various techniques that don’t involve using acids. I think engraving will be next it seems quite similar to drypoint which I love doing at the moment.
Thanks,
Irene
I’m so glad this is of use. It’s a bit labour intensive to get things scanned and converted to text.
I would encourage you to keep plugging away at doing wood blocks and wood engravings. I think it’s more affordable and certainly more portable than intaglio printing.