Chapter 7

Co-operative Printing 89

APPENDIX

Prints and Collotype Plates 94

Books of Reference 129

INDEX 130

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG. PAGE

1. PLAN OF WORK-TABLE 11

2. BLOCK MOUNTED WITH CROSS ENDS TO PREVENT WARPING 18

3. DRAWING OF THE KNIFE 19

4. SIZES OF CHISELS 20

5. SHORT CHISEL IN SPLIT HANDLE 21

6. MALLET 21

7. POSITION OF THE HANDS IN USING THE KNIFE 30

8. ANOTHER POSITION OF THE HANDS IN USING THE KNIFE 31

9. KNIFE CUTS IN SECTION 33

10. DIAGRAM OF KNIFE CUTS 33

11. METHOD OF HOLDING GOUGE 35

12. CLEARING OF WOOD BETWEEN KNIFE CUTS 35

13. POSITION OF REGISTER MARKS 37

14. REGISTER MARKS 37

15. REGISTER MARKS (SECTION OF) 38

16. SECTION OF COLOUR-BLOCK 42

17. DRAWING OF SIZING OF PAPER 49

18. CORK OF INK-BOTTLE WITH WAD FOR PRESERVATIVE 56

19. METHOD OF RE-COVERING BAREN 64

20. DRAWING OF BRUSHES 66

21. MANNER OF HOLDING THE PAPER 70

22. MANNER OF USING THE BAREN 72

COLLOTYPE PLATES

1. MEADOWSWEET. REPRODUCTION OF A WOOD-BLOCK PRINT BY THE AUTHOR _Frontispiece_

2. KEY-BLOCK OF A PRINT DRAWN AND CUT BY THE AUTHOR 5

3. THE BAREN, OR PRINTING PAD 12

4. COLOUR-BLOCK OF A PRINT OF WHICH THE KEY-BLOCK IS SHOWN AT P. 5 23

5. IMPRESSION (NEARLY ACTUAL SIZE) OR A PORTION OF A JAPANESE WOOD BLOCK SHOWING GREAT VARIETY IN THE CHARACTER OF THE LINES AND SPOTS SUGGESTING FORM 26

6. REPRODUCTION OF AN IMPRESSION (REDUCED) OF THE KEY-BLOCK OF A JAPANESE PRINT SHOWING ADMIRABLE VARIETY IN THE MEANS USED TO SUGGEST FORM 33

7. PORTION OF DETAIL FROM A JAPANESE WOOD BLOCK 48

APPENDIX

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8. WOOD-BLOCK PRINT BY THE AUTHOR 95

9. FIRST PRINTING (_Collotype reproduction_) 98

10. SECOND PRINTING " " 100

11. THIRD PRINTING " " 102

12. FOURTH PRINTING " " 104

13. FIFTH PRINTING " " 105

14. SIXTH PRINTING " " 107

15. EIGHTH PRINTING " " 109

16. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A COLOUR PRINT BY HIROSHIGÉ 111

17. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A PORTION OF THE PRINT SHOWN ON THE PRECEDING PAGE, ACTUAL SIZE, SHOWING THE TREATMENT OF THE FOLIAGE AND THE EXPRESSIVE DRAWING OF THE TREE-TRUNK AND STEMS 114

18. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF ANOTHER PORTION OF THE PRINT SHOWN ON P. 111 ACTUAL SIZE, SHOWING THE EXPRESSIVE USE OF LINE IN THE DRAWING OF THE DISTANT FORMS 116

19. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A COLOUR PRINT BY HIROSHIGÉ 118

20. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A PORTION (ACTUAL SIZE) OF THE PRINT ON THE PRECEDING PAGE, SHOWING TREATMENT OF TREE FORMS AND DISTANCE 120

21. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A COLOUR PRINT BY HIROSHIGÉ 121

22. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A PORTION, ACTUAL SIZE, OF THE PRINT ON THE PRECEDING PAGE, SHOWING TREATMENT OF TREE AND BLOSSOM 123

23. THE TIGER. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A COLOUR PRINT BY J. D. BATTEN 125

24. LAPWINGS. COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTION OF A COLOUR PRINT BY A. W. SEABY 127

ERRATA

Page 62.--For "bamboo-sheath" read "bamboo leaf".

" 63.--In last paragraph, delete "the inside of".

" 64.--Third line from bottom, after "occasionally" insert "when printing".

WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING

BY THE

JAPANESE METHOD