Process

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Woodcuts are relief prints.  A drawing is carved into a block. The areas of block that remain standing (in relief) accept the ink when it is rolled onto the block.  These raised and inked areas are then printed onto paper.
b draw block

drawing on the block
e ink and brayers

ink and brayers
c carve block 1

carving the block
f inking block

inking the block
d carve block 2

carving the block
a the press

the press
g hot off the press h first proof

hot off the press

first proof
j carve color blocks
i transfer k color blocks

transferring the proof

carving the color blocks

the four color blocks
l mixing ink
m color registration n color layer

mixing the color inks

registering one of the color blocks

second color block
o final image

final image after five layers