After further study of Barry Moser's woodcuts, I reawoke interest in exploring some more woodblock printing. So many distinct memories of reading his versions of Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Admittedly they gave me a few nightmares, thinking that portrait of the Witch, but still.
Need to get my woodblock tools sent up from home and a trip to McClain's for some blocks. I'm thinking mostly shina in postcard sized blocks. I also want to try the cherry but need to figure out what I would do with those blocks. Price check...
In the meantime, I'm going to have to design the prints. I want to do an overall project with them to begin my illustration investigations, so springboarding of the Moser again, I might do Beauty and the Beast or Sleeping Beauty. I think designing the whole book might be interesting. I can try using the cherry blocks as illuminated letters at the head of each page. Then I can do some calligraphic stuff as well.
Goal is to design and set all that up over the course of the next few weeks. Depending on when the blocks/my tools get in I may start doing some of the calligraphy.
