This week I put together my new mezzotint pole rocker jig...

Welcome to the first in a series of videos and posts on Woodcut Printmaking!

Below you'll find a list of materials and tools that you can use to make your own Woodcut print. Many of the supplies can also be used for Linocut printmaking if that's what you prefer as well.....

This week I spent some time getting my printmaking tools organized. This storage solution can be used for anything you want to keep organized and protected. I chose to build the storage into a drawer of a toolbox, but an old cigar box, or any box would work equally as well....

This week I did an art supply haul of some of my recent art and printmaking related purchases. I'll be using these/have used these in some recent videos...

This week I made a set of DIY sketchbooks. I always keep a small book in my pocket to jot down ideas or take notes, and I'm tired of buying the same boring books all of the time. Here's how to make one....

I had a bit more time to work on this project, I'd say I'm about half way through. So I went ahead and edited together a video on my YouTube channel showing the progress up to this point...

I finished off this print today. The YouTube video is at the end of this post. I started off today by prepping the paper for chine-colle´. I had a nice sheet of this grey paper....

This print is looking at simple machines, which are: Lever, Wheel and axle, Puller, Inclined Plane (This print), Wedge, and Screw.

I have a tendency to make things more complicated than they should be, and given the space, I'll add details to no end. So part of the idea of this print of an inclined plane was to restrict it to a smaller size...

This weeks video is a timelapse...

This weeks video documents how I make a plaster print using a copper plate mezzotint, ink, and plaster...