47

CHAPTER VI

Detailed Method of Printing--The Printing
Tools, Baren and Brushes 61

CHAPTER VII

Principles and Main Considerations in Designing
Wood-block Prints--Their Application to
Modern Colour Printing 81

CHAPTER VIII

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