[Pictures: Six wood block prints by Utagawa Yoshitora from Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi by Kanagaki Robun, 1861 (Images from Waseda University).]
October 15, 2025
No Kings!
October 10, 2025
New Classic of Mountains and Seas
[Pictures: Xuan Bei (Whirlybird), woodcut by Qiu Anxiong from New Classic of Mountains and Seas, 2008 (Image from MoMA);
Ha Lei (Harley), ink and color on paper by Qiu from New Classic of Mountains and Seas, 2018 (photo by AEGN at Philadelphia Art Museum, on loan from collection of Beningson and Arons);
Bi Tu (B-2), woodcut by Qiu from New Classic of Mountains and Seas, 2008 (Image from MoMA);
Kang Pu Si Shou (Computer), woodcut by Qiu from New Classic of Mountains and Seas, 2008 (Image from MoMA);
Moon Walker, ink and color on paper by Qiu from New Classic of Mountains and Seas, 2019 (Image from Artsy);
Ke Feng, ink and color on paper by Qiu from New Classic of Mountains and Seas, 2019 (Image from Artsy).]
October 6, 2025
Charles L. Marshall, Sr.
[Pictures: Untitled holiday card, linocut by Charles Leroy Marshall Sr., 1931;
Albany City Hall, linocut by Marshall, ca. 1932;
Untitled (construction), linocut by Marshall, ca. 1932;
Light House at Marblehead, linocut by Marshall, 1929;
Construction Camp, linocut by Marshall, ca. 1933 (All images from Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art).]
October 1, 2025
Okapis and Nightingales
[Pictures: Okapis, rubber block print by AEGNydam, 2024 (image from NydamPrints.com);
Illustration for “Jorinde Remembers,” from rubber block prints by AEGNydam (Castle on a Bay at NydamPrints.com).]
September 26, 2025
Words of the Month - Keeping Count
[Pictures: One potato and Two eggplants, potato prints by Diana Pomeroy from One Potato, 1996;
11 goose eggs, multi-block linocut by Christopher Wormell from Teeth, Tails, and Tentacles, 2004. More about these two books at prior post 5 Counting Books.]
September 22, 2025
Giving Legends and Folklore a Kick
[Pictures: details from The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon, by AEGNydam, 2025;
Shabti, rubber block reduction print by AEGNydam, 2025 (originals at NydamPrints.com).]
September 17, 2025
Giving the Bible a Kick
[Pictures: Behold, It Is Good teaser, details of short story and rubber block print by AEGNydam, 2021;
Madonna and Child, linoleum block print by AEGNydam, 1987.]
September 12, 2025
Giving Fairy Tales a Kick
[Images: Sleeping Beauty teaser, details of poem and rubber block print by AEGNydam, 2017;
Illustration for Jorinde Remembers, collage from two rubber block prints by AEGNydam (including the castle from Castle on a Bay, which you can see at NydamPrints.com).]
September 8, 2025
Giving Classical Mythology a Kick
[Pictures: Queen of the Underworld teaser, details of story and rubber block print with watercolor by AEGNydam, 2025 (See original at NydamPrints.com);
Apotropaic, rubber block print by AEGNydam, 2025 (Image from NydamPrints.com).]