woodcut
Americannoun
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a block of wood cut along the grain and with a design, illustration, etc, incised with a knife, from which prints are made
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a print from a woodcut
Etymology
Origin of woodcut
Vocabulary lists containing woodcut
Visual Arts - Introductory
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Visual Arts - High School
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She spent long hours making woodcut prints, paintings and the occasional sculpture and sold her work at local shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
Another artist in the show, Abdul Rop, known for his mesmerising woodcut prints and paintings, says that in order to “achieve utopia”, Nairobians need to work together.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
The effect suggests a woodcut print pulled from paper and suspended in space so that its un-inked portions function as windows.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
The American artist and writer Barbara Chase-Riboud sold her first work, a woodcut titled “Reba,” in 1955, to the Museum of Modern Art; she made it when she was 15 years old.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
“He did a woodcut of this,” Rick said, reading the card tacked below the painting.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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