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Wash Day wood engraving

Wash Day   £65.00

The Openings, Robin Hood's Bay wood engraving

The openings  £30.00

Robin Hoods Bay

Wood engraving Jackson's Farm by Michael Atkin
Wood engraving The narrow ~Lane

The narrow lane  £65.00

A murmuration wood engraving by Michael Atkin

A murmuration    New £45.00

PLACES

wood South Bay Scarborough engraving by Michael Atkin
wood North Bay Scarborough engraving by Michael Atkin
Church Beck footbridge Scalbywood engraving by Michael Atkin
Hedge Trimming wood engraving by Michael Atkin

Hedge trimming   Scalby £65.00

Yew Tree cafe Scalby wood engraving by Michael Atkin

Tea for two   £45.00

wood 'All points South engraving by Michael Atkin

All points south  £60.00

wood St Mary's Church Scarborough engraving by Michael Atkin
wood St Laurences Church Scalby engraving by Michael Atkin
Farmers Market wood engraving by Michael Atkin

Farmers market   £80.00

Lovers Lane wood engraving by Michael Atkin

199 Steps Whitby  £80.00

About wood engraving.


Wood engraving is a relief form of printmaking. It is usually done on the end grain of a block of boxwood or lemonwood and sometimes pear, apple etc.  The engraving wood are particularly hard, and so extremely fine detail is possible as the artist engraves a design, using fine steel cutting tools, called burins.


When the artist has completed cutting the block, a thin layer of ink is applied to the surface using a roller, only the uncut areas will accept the ink layer. A sheet of smooth paper is laid face down onto the block, an impression can be taken by rubbing the back of paper with a spoon or baren. I am fortunate to own a large Albion press from the 19th century which i use to print my completed blocks.