Sun Aug 5, 2018 11:10 AM

Sun Aug 5, 2018 11:10 AM

Morning Modelbuch (4/29/2018) This little owl from Swartzenberger's 1534 _Eyn New Formbuchlein_ makes me smile. The patterns in this one are fun, with loads of mermaids, tritons, wyverns and such, but I think I like it primarily because of the style of the carving of the woodcuts. They're not detailed and are often more than slightly wonky. They're approachable to me and I can come close to carving something like this with my level of carving expertise. Charming and fun, and achievable. One of these days I'm sure a bunch of these will get turned into woodblocks for printing trim. Here's the link to this individual page. The whole book is available from the Kunstbibliothek but individually catalogued. I have a link to my Pinterest board with all of the pages in the big Modelbuch list on my blog. (This is Lotz #9) http://previous.bildindex.de/bilder/kb16840034a.jpg
Morning Modelbuch (4/29/2018) This little owl from Swartzenberger’s 1534 _Eyn New Formbuchlein_ makes me smile. The patterns in this one are fun, with loads of mermaids, tritons, wyverns and such, but I think I like it primarily because of the style of the carving of the woodcuts. They’re not detailed and are often more than slightly wonky. They’re approachable to me and I can come close to carving something like this with my level of carving expertise. Charming and fun, and achievable. One of these days I’m sure a bunch of these will get turned into woodblocks for printing trim. Here’s the link to this individual page. The whole book is available from the Kunstbibliothek but individually catalogued. I have a link to my Pinterest board with all of the pages in the big Modelbuch list on my blog. (This is Lotz #9) http://previous.bildindex.de/bilder/kb16840034a.jpg

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