Wood Engraving Wednesday

From initial engraving to first proof to final print with supporting color blocks -- another successful wood engraving from our friend, Kentucky wood engraver and book artist Joanne Price @starpointestudio. Hot off the press! Lovely composition, nice color, and lots of dynamism. Great work, Joanne!

See more work at her Starpointe Studio homepage.

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A New Year’s Caturday

On this first #Caturday of the year, we thought we’d share the progress being made on this lovely wood engraving of a cozy kitty resting comfortably in a warm library while a bear lurks outside the window. The engraving is for a bookplate being worked on by our friend, Kentucky wood engraver Joanne Price at her Starpointe Studio. You, too, can follow her progress @starpointestudio.

As our followers know, we do love a good wood engraving. Joanne began this engraving sometime in October, and as of the end of December she was still working on it! That’s the thing we love about wood engravers: they have the patience of a saint. 

So, in this new year, let’s take a breath and do our best to emulate the mindfulness of the wood engraver.

Happy New Year!

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Wood Engraving Wednesday, Part 2

Here’s the latest wood engraving by our friend Joanne Price at Starpointe Studio in Kentucky. The firefly has a special significance to us here in Milwaukee County, as the name of one of our western cities, Wauwatosa, is derived from the Potawatomi word for firefly, waawaatesi. Although ostensibly named after Potawatomi Chief Wauwataesie, knowing the lay of the land there, we can just imagine early Anishinaabe peoples living and working here as they traveled through the ocean of fireflies in this area of the Menomonee River Valley. What else would one name this place but waawaatesi? 

If you like this print, it is now available at the Starpointe Studio shop. Also, we highly recommend following Starpointe’s Tumblr blog @starpointestudio.

Wood Engraving Wednesday

On this Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we present a couple of wood engravings in progress by Kentucky relief printer, wood engraver, and illustrator Joanne Price. We’ve compiled these images from four posts Price made this month and late last month on her Tumblr blog @starpointestudio.

The top three images are progressions for a wood engraving to illustrate Barbara Kingsolver’s poem “Love Poem, With Birds” to be printed as a broadside by Deborah Kessler at her October Press in Lexington. In her posts, Price made these remarks about her work on the engraving: 

A peek at progress on the @barbara.kingsolver #woodengraving These warblers are so fun to engrave!

So excited about this new project . . . .

The smell of ink and victory — the most satisfying way to finish this illustration for “Love Poem, With Birds”. . . .

The last image is of the progress being made on a new wood engraving: “A refreshing recent commission for author and poet, #TimothyKleiser — a love poem for his lucky wife on their anniversary!” This engraving embodies the serenity that we hope we will be feeling on the day after Thanksgiving.

View more posts on the work of Joanne Price and her Starpointe Studio.