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block printing
noun
A style of printing (common in China and Japan) from engraved boards by means of a sheet of paper laid on the linked surface and rubbed with a brush.
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Large boards in the open courtyard explain the lengthy process of hand block printing.
Flight's greater contribution to art lies in the determined stand that he made in favor of linoleum block printing.
Printing seems to have been first invented in China in the 6th century ad in the form of block printing.
Put your block printing inks into two separate bowls, give each colour a good stir with a spoon.
Make your own wrapping paper for the holidays and learn about the traditional techniques of block printing.
Amy continues, "As I learned more about printing methods I gravitated towards the beautifully hand-done art of block printing.
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When she arrived, hand-block printing was on the decline, with machine-printed fabrics flooding the markets.
Although new orders helped revive hand-block printing, craftspeople still struggled.
Exhibits spread over three floors display the intricate workmanship and painstaking process of different styles of hand-block printing.
Early wood-block printing had been simply in black and white, but artists had experimented with colour.
Wood-block printing had been a comparatively inexpensive method of reproducing image and text monopolized by the Buddhist establishment for purposes of proselytization since the 8th century.
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