Comments on: Boxwood

By: Gary Pendleton

Gary Pendleton — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:23:01 +0000

I have never done wood engraving, but I have done wood block printing. I often work in scratchboard. I recently came into posession of some fairly large boxwood branches, some pieces are over 8″ in diameter.
I am interested in doing some small illustrations using polished rounds.
Do I need to let the wood cure? I also wonder, since I cant use it all, if the wood might have any value. the wood came from an 18th century home in Maryland. So I guess the wood is English boxwood.

By: Jeffrey knopf

Jeffrey knopf — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:34:47 +0000

Ah but where can I get hard Maple in Britain?

By: John Steins

John Steins — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:04:49 +0000

Hard Maple is a good alternative to boxwood.

By: Jeffrey Knopf

Jeffrey Knopf — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:04:40 +0000

Ah to be able to afford to use boxwood, I have been looking out for alternatives for a beginer to use that are cheep and affordable. The best I have found so far is Delrin which is a plastic composit used in the enginearing industry, it comes in a variety of thickness the best being about 20mm, and if you find a good supplier they will cut it to whatever size you want.

The downside is when staining the surface of delrin I use ohp marker pens that seem to do the job but can also be scrached away very easily. The end prints though are nice an clean just like box.

By: Noah

Noah — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:30:13 +0000

That was great, now where is the bookmark button…