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How to Make a Woodblock Print

Zhu Liwen - Biography
Adding Ink to the Block
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"People shall feel free and happy with my prints." (Zhu Liwen, August 2009)

In August of 2009 Ms. Zhu Liwen published her latest series of reduction woodblock prints. Five single sheetes titled "Object That Speaks". Zhu Liwen was so nice to document with a camera the process how the number 2 of the series was created. This page shows you 13 different steps of carving and printing.

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Zhu Liwen - Printmaker from China

On other pages of artelino you find a biography of Zhu Liwen and a presentation of the series Object that Speaks.

Dieter Wanczura
(August 2009)

How to Make a Woodblock Print - Documented by Zhu Liwen

Woodblock Printmaking - First Color on Paper

Zhu Liwen - Object that Speaks
Step 1
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Woodblock Printmaking - Step 2 - Yellow and Red Added

Zheng Jianhui - Village Voice
Step 2
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Woodblock Printmaking - More Colors Added

Mao Zedong Art Prints
Step 3
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Woodblock Printmaking - More Colors Added

New Prints by Zhu Rui
Step 4
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Woodblock Printmaking - The Design Becomes Visible

Prints by Hao Ping
Step 5
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Woodblock Printmaking - Another View

Memories of Summer - Xiong Xiqiu
Step 6
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Woodblock Printmaking - Image of the Woodblock

Xiong Xiqiu - Games
Step 7
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Woodblock Printmaking - Progress on Paper

Thinking of My Love - by Xiong Xiqiu
Step 8
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Woodblock Printmaking - More Carving

Xiong Xiqiu - Super Girl
Step 9
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Woodblock Printmaking - Progress on Block

Xiong Xiqiu - Cosmo Girl
Step 10
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Woodblock Printmaking - Nerly Finished

Luo Guirong - Solo Exhibition
Step 11
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Woodblock Printmaking - Image of Block

Shi Yanqing - My Villagers
Step 12
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Woodblock Printmaking - Finished Print

Zheng Jianhui - Biography
The Final Print - Congratulations!
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