Therianthropic - adj . being partly animal and partly human in form; of or pertaining to deities conceived or represented in su...

        This relief print of the birth of Jesus comes from one of the earliest books to combine woodcut illustrations with moveable type,...

        In honor of Hanukkah, today’s wood block prints depict menorahs.  Of course, if you’re paying attention, you’ll notice that these...

        As was her wont, Ursula K. LeGuin here expresses perfectly something that I had obscurely glimpsed in myself but not quite put my...

      Boris Artzybasheff (Russia/USA, 1899-1965) was an illustrator and graphic designer, and I recently came across a couple of books w...

        The folklore of Santa Claus, his predecessors, his counterparts in various cultures, and his assorted attributes, is a long and c...

        Once December hits, it’s all holiday shows all the time for artists.  This post is to let local friends know about three that I’l...

        Today is our first snow day of the school year (an early one, too), and that means it’s time to celebrate with block prints.  We’...

        English has many oddities of spelling that derive from a wide variety of historical incidents and accidents.  Today we look at wh...