News — tribal crafts

The wood carvers of India, sit on the floor, or on their low chair, and they chisel away the blocks or stamps, later to be used for stamping.  The Elderly man, sits by the side of the road, and carves away in his wood. Woodblock printing is an ancient craft, used in China as early as the year 220 AC, and it has been widely used throughout Asia. The wood block is carefully prepared as a relief pattern, which means the areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife, chisel, or sandpaper leaving the characters or image to show...