Andrea Lauren (@inkprintrepeat) | Carving and printing this weekend morning--two-color marigold blocks. | Intagme - The Best Instagram Widget

printing press made by my friend's husband

Instead of dipping a block in color, the artist dips a block in liquid wax and then prints on the paper. Once the paper is dry, the artist paints the paper with color and irons the paper to remove the wax.

Tetsuo Aoki is a Japanese woodblock printmaker whose elongated black and white figures caught my eye - more work can be seen here. Found via Designers Go To Heaven.

Marthe Armitage - 'Back to the Drawing Board'. I admire her so much that it's a privilege to watch her in this video while she works!