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Wallpaper at Fraunces Tavern Museum in NYC depicting General Washington arriving in Boston. The full 49-foot, 32-panel, 360-color "Views of the American War of Independence" is still produced by Zuber & Cie (est. 1797) in Rixheim, France, using 2,300 (!) wood blocks carved between 1834 and 1852. It takes a full year to print and is likely the world's most expensive wallpaper ($100,000?). The blocks themselves are classified as Historic Monuments by the French Ministry of Culture. #france #history #art #nyc #newyork #museum #wallpaper #woodblock #boston #war #independence #250th

Paul Griffin (he/him)May 19

RE: https://fediscience.org/@tksst/116601245610477716

Beautiful work and a wonderful tribute. If you are at all interested in #printmaking, you owe it to yourself to go check out Catlett's work, it's beautiful and powerful.

#woodcut #woodblock

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨May 19

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎨🪵 #Woodblock #printing can be physically demanding, especially on a large scale.

In a two-month process edited down to just a few minutes, printmaker LaToya Hobbs carves a #portrait into the #wood to honor the legacy of #artist Elizabeth Catlett. The detailed work surrounds the subject with #dahlias as an homage to #Cuernavaca, #Mexico, the city Catlett called home.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/woodblock-print-portrait-latoya-hobbs-catlett-naima-mora

#printmaking #sculpture #art #history #carving #demonstration #drawing #handmade #ink #timelapse #tksst #video

Sewzinski May 19

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki), 1871 - 1945 Nude with Black Cat, 1927-30 Published by Fusui Gabo #Woodblock print; ink and color on paper #artwork #artist