Woodblock Wednesday

 A new term starts. Carol's 1855 woodblock-printed book gets passed around and we marvel at the skill of cutting both text and illustrations -

The inside front cover (read from right to left) and the start of the story

Looking at the moon (possibly from  Hokusai's Lost Manga)

 Mixing up the available colours to get "the" red -

My ersatz registration system - using masking tape to centre the image on the paper -

 ... was not terribly successful -

Large prints are tricky, and thin paper doesn't help. This is a project for continuing at home, where I can spread out a bit more.

Another highly desirable book -