Raven

My wood engraving print of a raven depicts a precocious, brazen and very smart bird.  This wood engraving portrays those characteristics showing the raven’s head and beak in profile. Wood engraving is the perfect printmaking medium for capturing the raven’s profile in a simple monochromatic engraving. I approached this topic with a free hand using the engraving burin as a sketching tool.

MEDIUM: Wood Engraving
IMAGE SIZE: 3 x 1.5 in
PAPER SIZE: 6 x 7 in
EDITION SIZE: Open
PAPER: Japanese Goyu
OTHER MARKS: signed, titled in pencil
PRICE: $24

N.B. Deckle edge not exactly as shown.

This print is also available with a picture frame.

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Wood engraving is an arcane method of printmaking popularized by Thomas Bewick in the 1700′s. Because the print is cut on the end grain of boxwood it allows for very fine detail accomplished with a variety of specialized wood-engraving tools.

Once complete, the wood engraving is printed in relief and not like a copper engraving where the incised lines are printed rather than the surface.

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