Mastodawn

The sun, moon, stars, and earth transposed (18th century), from “The World Turned Upside Down”, Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd2c162d-e626-4776-963c-cded74df5532

#moon #woodcuts #woodblock #sun #chapbooks #stars #celestial #humour #art #publicdomain

Head to Head, Heart to Heart May 31

Creative Share 1: Scraperboard

After checking my previous posts for themed subject collections, I found ‘Musings On’, and ‘Random Harvests’, which I hope to add to, but today I decided to start a new collection of ‘Creative Shares’, showing some examples of art practices I’ve gathered along the way. Scraperboard, or scratch-board as it is frequently known as, is something I tried during my hiatus period and I absolutely I loved it. All the fine detail, the delicate shading, and graphic qualities, are really […]

https://lynnefisher.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/creative-share-1-scraperboard/

Public Domain Image Archive May 26

The worship of Priapus (1499), from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.

Source: McGill University Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5e2050d4-8514-4fba-aeff-4e0f189caaa9

#quattrocento #woodcuts #dreams #books #antiquity #incunabulum #foliage #love #romance #architecture #eroticism #art #publicdomain

The Ghost Monk May 19

Jack o' Legs, a legendarily tall man who lived centuries ago in the #Hertfordshire town of Baldock, is presented as a shameless - and obvious - Peeping Tom in this woodcut by John Lawrence, from Sybil Marshall's 'Book Of English Folk Tales' (1981). #folklore #legend #folktale #giants #woodcuts

Public Domain Image Archive May 13

The Advocate (1523–5) by Hans Holbein, from Der Totentanz.

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7815702f-8b16-4df0-9e43-1e6dd7a5748a

#cobblestones #woodcuts #handshakes #death #skeletons #art #publicdomain

Public Domain Image Archive Mar 18

Winged Dragon (1658) by Edward Topsell, from The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents.

Source: University of Houston Digital Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/44a84eb3-7cf1-4c96-9933-8f71da89d304

#spikes #wings #animals #woodcuts #dragons #art #publicdomain

The Ghost Monk Mar 8

Here's an example of why I keep falling back in love with my Strand Magazines collection - a 1933 story by Michael Arlen illustrated with art deco woodcuts by John Farleigh. I mean to say... #MichaelArlen #JohnFarleigh #artdeco #BookChatWeekly #artsky #woodcuts

Lux Mentis, Booksellers Feb 26

Reduction woodcuts by Gaylord Schanilec: This is a set of progressive proofs from Lac Des Pleurs: Report from Lake Pepin. Will be in the booth at the NYC ABAA fair. #nyabaa26 #woodcuts #finepress #artistbook #bookarts #rarebooks #booktok