key block

printmaking

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registering of colour woodcut

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    In printmaking: Colour woodcut

    The first, the key block, is generally the one that contains most of the structural or descriptive elements of the design, thus serving as a guide for the disposition of the other colours. After the key block is finished and printed, the print is transferred to the second…

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