Prints by John Steins

Oops! This is what happens with too much pressure.

John Steins — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:18:23 +0000

This is what happens when the press pressure is too great. A broken block!

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Back to Braque

John Steins — Sun, 05 May 2013 00:28:30 +0000

I find myself drawn back into the fractal world looking for abstract ideas to apply to potential wood engraving designs or other forms of print making, in particular, reduction woodcuts or linocuts.

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Wood Engraving Illustration for a Journal

John Steins — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:54:57 +0000

Here's a wood engraving commissioned for a new publication by the Center for Action and Contemplation, an institute run by Fr. Richard Rohr, a highly regarded Franciscan Mystic in Albuquerque, NM. The journal is called Oneing in addition to another called Radical Grace for which an earlier engraving of mine was used.

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The Heavy Arm & Hand Award – For Outstanding Police Brutality

John Steins — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:33:15 +0000

Introducing the Heavy Hand Award for excellence in police brutality! Police Helping Hand The competition was fierce because there are so many deserving candidates for the first ever HHA (Heavy Hand Award). Notably, the RCMP who murdered a single mother in Yellowknife, or the gang of police in Trois Riviers, Quebec who brutally kicked and pummeled a robbery suspect in an abandoned parking lot. Each is outstanding in their own right. These two actions, among many others, certainly qualify as definite runners up.

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A Practice Wood Engraving

John Steins — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:24:42 +0000

This wood engraving was to serve a dual purpose; to get back into making engravings and to create a Christmas card design. Unfortunately, life got in the way and I didn’t get it done in time for mailing although the sketch was ready and waiting. I’ll try again next year. Ultimately it was a joy [...]

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Chandler Price Letterpress

John Steins — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:27:13 +0000

Here’s a Chandler & Price letterpress I recently purchased. It’s a platen press with a chase size of approximately 6 inches by 10 inches. This acquisition is something that’s been on the back burner for years. I’ve been harboring a desire to experiment with letterpress equipment for a long time. This past summer I took [...]

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Q&A ~ Graphic design done by computer?

just curious — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:55:03 +0000

Is good graphic design best achieved by computer? Or is the best method still done manually i.e. painting, printmaking, colored pencil? v:3645

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Q&A ~ What is the difference between a monotype and a monoprint?

anonymous — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:35:49 +0000

Please help! I have a printmaking final tomorrow. v:8725

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Q&A ~ How do I transpose a picture onto a piece of wood?

just curious — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:04:36 +0000

I drew a very cool picture that I’d like to engrave or carve into a piece of wood. I tried copying the image onto a piece of wax paper thinking I would tape that onto the piece of wood and then follow the lines with an exacto knife to cut them into the wood. I’m [...]

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Macnab Instruction Book

John Steins — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:59:31 +0000

It took awhile but I’ve posted all of the text from Iain Macnab’s book called The Student’s Book of Wood-Engraving published in 1938. I’ve included some wood engraving illustrations found in the book as well. Scottish artist Ian Macnab was the founder and principal of the famous Grosvenor School of Modern Art and was best [...]

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