Three Pines Studio Wood Carving

Making marks of any kind is key to self expression and transends all choice of design, technique and materials. The first extant use of wood block printing occured in China around 200 AD. This technique involves three elements. The relief carved block, the "ink", and the surface. The surface could be fabric, paper or clay.
In my case I have chosen to make wood block carvings of Japanese kanji to generate ideas, feeling and thoughts about a central theme. For example, I might carve a block of the kanji for the direction, East. But I mean more than the direction, East. It represents the whole idea of the beginning, renewal, a cycle, a turning.
east reminds me that
We could start again
as in the Spring

Photo Gallery of Blocks

S1: Sample of blocks used for printing on clay and paper

S2: Blocks carved from Bass Wood

S3:Blocks printed on paper

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