Beedham, an engraver associated with the Ditchling craft community, describes plainly what a beginner needs to engrave on wood: the right box-wood block, drawing the design, the cutting tools and how to use them, taking proofs and preparing a block for the printer. Eric Gill’s introduction attacks photographic process reproduction and pleads for the hand-cut book illustration.
A small classic of the Arts and Crafts revival of wood engraving. Download the free EPUB.