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Some links for supplies of block blanks, carving tools, rollers and inks.
The wood of choice seems to be plank maple (softer, for beginners) or end-cut maple, which is harder and will hold finer detail.
There seem to be three basic tool types—V-gouge, U-gouge, and line—in various sizes and widths. Similar tools are used for linoleum-block carving, but the wood-carving versions are, obviously, more durable (and thus more expensive).
Lots of the web hits I pulled up are in Japanese, which I suppose makes sense.
Myself, I adore the work of Lynd Ward, who was greatly informed by expressionism. He produced many wordless novels, which told their stories entirely in woodcuts—highfalutin comic books, essentially, years before the term "graphic novel" was coined—the most famous of which is Gods' Man (1929).
In his later years, he also wrote and illustrated a number of children's books: I first encountered his work with The Biggest Bear, which won the Caldecott medal. He was working mainly in lithograph by then: The Biggest Bear was printed in a gorgeous sepia monochrome. |
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