I’m amazed by what I stumble upon. A neat example: wonderful Japanese wood blocks. In a recent blog, “500 Japanese Woodblock Prints from Van Gogh’s Collection Are Now Available to Download” by Jessica Steward on MyModernMet.com.  Both Jessica and the Van Gogh Museum provide a wonderful introduction and explanation of this printing method.

If you want even more: ukiyo-e.org has over 200,000 Japanese wood blocks. Their focus is on the huge collection, rather than the presentation. To quote Ms. Steward in a blog post from Sept., 2017, “Ukiyo-e.org is a digital archive that collates collections from 24 museums, libraries, auction houses, and art dealers around the world. By uniting the individual collections, there are several interesting features that make Ukiyo-e.org a top destination for anyone interested in Japanese printmaking. Aside from the ability to search by institution, artist, and time period, you can also upload an image to see if there are any similar prints in the database. And, once you click on an entry, similar prints in the archive also appear, allowing you to click through and see the differences in color and quality.”  Check out this wood block by my fav Yoshida Hiroshi.

Want to try your hand at making a woodblock? Woodblock Printing How To.

Enjoy!