Comments on: Book Cover Art http://johnsteins.com/book-cover.html Gallery Shop and Art Journal Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Steins http://johnsteins.com/book-cover.html/comment-page-1#comment-3813 John Steins Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:47:26 +0000 http://www.johnsteins.com/?p=1659#comment-3813 Thanks Caryl! I have a lifetime supply of boxwood stored in my woodworking shop. Not all the bits are of perfect quality but one inch square pieces are easy to find and polish up for a wood engraving. I don't worry about them being type high since I print them on the etching press. I really enjoyed doing that project for Michael's book. I selected small passages from my cover art to use as a basis for the spot illustrations. It really got me excited to make larger abstracts along the same lines, which I am gearing up to do. It's been awhile since I've done a new engraving. If there's anything I can assist you with, please let me know. John Thanks Caryl!

I have a lifetime supply of boxwood stored in my woodworking shop. Not all the bits are of perfect quality but one inch square pieces are easy to find and polish up for a wood engraving. I don’t worry about them being type high since I print them on the etching press.

I really enjoyed doing that project for Michael’s book. I selected small passages from my cover art to use as a basis for the spot illustrations. It really got me excited to make larger abstracts along the same lines, which I am gearing up to do. It’s been awhile since I’ve done a new engraving.

If there’s anything I can assist you with, please let me know.

John

]]> By: Caryl Peters http://johnsteins.com/book-cover.html/comment-page-1#comment-3812 Caryl Peters Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:19:46 +0000 http://www.johnsteins.com/?p=1659#comment-3812 I like the engraved embellishments you created for the book - where did you find the one-inch blocks? For one of our books using George Walker's engravings, I digitally selected a portion of an engraving to use in this manner (with George's permission, of course), but I like the idea of creating something original. What do you mean by "I used Ornament as a reference on which to base these images"? I'm new at this. Caryl I like the engraved embellishments you created for the book – where did you find the one-inch blocks? For one of our books using George Walker’s engravings, I digitally selected a portion of an engraving to use in this manner (with George’s permission, of course), but I like the idea of creating something original. What do you mean by “I used Ornament as a reference on which to base these images”? I’m new at this. Caryl

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