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| Send me suggestions for books on printmaking or art in general, and I will add them to the library. NOTE that books are listed in no particular order, however I did get around to placing them in the following categories: | How To...Printmaking | |How To...Other| |Japanese Prints| |Reference| |Western Prints| Note that *****=5 stars! And, yes, I do have all these at my fingertips! |
| How To... Printmaking |
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| Title | Year/Author/Publisher | Description of contents |
| New Creative Printmaking | 1954/Peter Green/Watson-Guptill | Title says it all |
| The Encyclopedia of Printmaking . . . | 1993/Judy Martin/Quarto Pub | All printmaking processes |
| Baren Encyclopedia of Woodblock Printmaking***** | 1998/David Bull/Many other contributors | Much info on woodblock and traditional Hanga printamking/links.
Also has many downloadable out of print books on woodblock printmaking.
See Links page in Studio |
| Practical Lithographic Printmaking | 1972/Manly Banister/Dover | Lithographic process in detail |
| Etching, Engraving, and other . . . | 1976/Ruth Leaf/Dover | Intaglio processes in detail |
| The Complete Printmaker***** | 1990/Ross-Romano-Ross/McMillan | All printmaking processes |
| Relief Printmaking: Woodcut & Linocut | 1997/Royden Card/Author Pub | Relief techniques/manual |
| Step-by-Step Printmaking | 1987/Robertson-Gormley/DVI | All printmaking processes |
| Woodcut | 1962/Harry Sternberg/Pitman Pub | Woodcut technique |
| Wood Engraving | ??/Heinrich Rumpel/Bonvent | Engraving and woodcut techniques |
| Practical Printmaking | 1996/Ed. Louise Woods/Chartwell books | A comprehensive guide to the latest techniques, tools, and materials; full of neat tricks! |
| How To... Other | Back to top of page | |
| Title | Year/Author/Publisher | Description of contents |
| Photographing Your Artwork | 1987/Russell Hart/North Light Books | A step by step guide to taking high quality slides at an affordable price |
| Japanese Ink Painting | 1951/Naomi Okamoto/Sterling, NY | The art of sumi-e; very helpful when designing woodcuts and a beautiful book |
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| Title | Year/Author/Publisher | Description of contents |
| The Art of the Japanese Book***** | 199?/Hillier/Sotheby's | 2-volume set, not exactly cheap but worth every $ of the$240. Nearly every Japanese master and print. |
| Images From the Floating World***** | 1978/Richard Lane/Alpine Fine Arts UK | Many Japanese prints/history /method/dictionary/much more |
| Hiroshigue: 100 Views of Edo***** | 1997/Uspensky/Parkstone | Outstanding color plates. |
| Japanese Prints | 1995/James T. Ulak/Abbeville | Many prints/little text |
| Ukiyo-e: An Introduction... | 1982/1992/Tadashi Kobayashi/Kodansha | Text and prints Ukiyo-e/very nice |
| Japanese Prints***** | 1994/Taschen-Fahr-Becker/Sanoya Kihei | Ukiyo-e prints and text |
| Reference | Back to top of page | |
| Title | Year/Author/Publisher | Description of contents |
| The Book of Fine Paper***** | 1998/Silvie Turner/Thames & Hudson | All about paper/must have |
| Classic Paints and Faux Finishes | 1997/Reader's Digest | An unlikely source of the origin of raw pigments, mixtures, solvents, old and new paints and inks... |
| The Artist's Manual | 1980/Ed. Smith, S.,Holt, F.T./Macdonald Orbis | Everything you were too embarrassed to ask your artist friends about every medium at a beginner's level |
| A guide to the collecting and care of original prints | 1965/Zigrosser, and Gaehde/Print Council of America/Crown | The title says it all; excellent reference |
| Print Collecting | 1996/Silvie Turner/Lyons & Burford | Selecting, evaluating and caring for fine prints |
| The Artist's complete Health and Safety Guide | 1990/Monona Rossol/Allsworth Press | Everything you need to know about art materials to amke your workplace safe and comply with US and Canadian right-to-know laws |
| How To Identify Prints***** | 1986/Bamber Gascoigne/Thames & Hudson | A complete guide to manual and mechanical processes from woodcut to ink-jet. This book quenched my thirst for technical detail of printmaking. |
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| Title | Year/Author/Publisher | Description of Contents |
| 35 Years at Crown Point Press | 1997/Breuer-Fine-Nash(Eds)/UC Berkley | Artists and their prints |
| Printamking in New Mexico 1880-1990 | 1991/Clinton Adams/U.New Mex Press | Many prints/historical text |
| The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer | 1963/Dr.Willikurth (Ed)/Dover | Annotated woodcuts/engravings |
| German Expressionist Woodcuts***** | 1994/Shane Weller (Ed)/Dover | B&W Prints/inspiring |
| Edvard Munch, A Selection ... | 1957/W.Lieberman/MOMA | Munch's prints and woodcuts |
| Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914-1960 | 1990/Carey&Griffiths/BMP | Text and prints in England |
| Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood | 1996/Kathan Brown/Chronicle | Historical account of Crown Point with many examples of prints |
| Graphic Excursions***** | 1991/Godine Pub | American Prints in black and white, 1900-1950/ inspiring |
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