Woodblock Printing
with Kathi S. Fertig
kathischolzfertig@earthlink.net

Pine Blocks: Good quality pine (no knots). Sizes 1x4”, 1x6” or 1x8” cut to size of desired woodblock. Example 4x4”, 4x6” or 6x8”. Don’t make it too big.

Carving Tools: A small set of palm-grip wook carving tools. The ones shown below are the best. They are a good price, comfortable to work with, are already sharp and include a sharpening stone.

See DickBlick.com or specifically...
http://www.dickblick.com/zz330/04/products.asp?param=0&ig_id=1912

Sketch Pad: or paper of any sort on which to sketch out your ideas.

Pencil and eraser.

Printing Ink: One tube of black (or any one color you wish), no smaller than 2.5 ounces of water base block printing ink. See Spedball block printing inks at dickblick.com
http://www.dickblick.com/zz403/03/products.asp?ig_id=1874

Brayer: One soft rubber brayer, no smaller than 4 inches and no larger than 6.

See Speedball soft rubber brayers at dickblick.com
http://www.dickblick.com/zz401/04/products.asp?param=0&ig_id=1869

Wooden Kitchen Spoon.

Pallett: One 12x16” disposable paper pallet pad or wax paper and masking tape.

Rice Paper: Pad of Sumi-e Painting Sketch Paper approx. 12x17.5 inches, 48 sheets.. See dickblick.com
http://www,ducjbkucj,cin/zz129/52/products.asp?ig_id=724

The image you wish to carve: Keep it simple. Bring in a sketch or photograph or magazine picture. Please look at the websites below to help with your ideas and to understand the simplicity of design required.
www.ksfdesigns.com (prints)
www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/china/baiprint.htm
http://www.theartworksinc.com/folio/wormell/wormell.htm

Artist’s Note about s upplies: Michaels and C.C. Moore carry some of the above supplies. But only buy the “palm-grip” wood carving sets. The others are inferior and the blades are not sharp.
DickBlick. Com has many of the products you need, their prices are good, an shipping is fast.
If you have any questions, please feel ree to email me at ksf@ksfdesigns.com