Below is the test-proof of the Jacob Wrestling the Angel of the Lord lino-cut. I have also included a few pictures of the process. The block size is 9 5/8″ x 7 1/2″, printed with Graphic Chemical bone black etching ink, on BFK Rives 250g paper.
Finishing up the cutting.
Preparing to ink the block.
The proof next to the block on the press bed. I use a Wepplo etching press set very light pressure and using one blanket.
Below is a stack of mostly quarter sawn red oak Quercus rubra for air drying. There is some green ash under that pile too.
a detail of some of the “ray flecking” on one of the boards.
The stack under cover.
Here is some recent progress on the painting of Moses anointing Aaron. A detail of Aaron followed by the whole picture.
Here are a few photographs as I cut up a walnut stump. The stump was all that was left of a city tree.
A black walnut stump, cut in half and then one of the halves cut into quarters.
Sawing 5/4″ boards from one of the quarters.
A good stack of boards- ranging from 4″ thick to 4/4″ thick. A few spots of rot, but much usable wood.
Rowdy spectators.
The transfer if energy via the shaving horse and the drawknife.
The School of the Transfer of Energy 