On the plane of the relief print of Diu Lei's Four Horsemen, the blank part of the draft is cut off with a knife, leaving the image part; The part left by the layout (that is, the part without carving) is raised, so it is called relief. Relief prints are mainly woodcuts carved from other materials, also known as relief prints. There are many materials that can be used as relief, such as wood, stone, brick, hemp (or plastic) and so on.
Wood used for wood carving varies from place to place, and it is generally appropriate to have moderate hardness and fine texture. China ancient and modern woodcut prints are all longitudinal sections of carved wood, which are called woodcuts. Some woodcuts in the west require careful carving, so the section of solid wood is called mukou woodcut. Hemp offset was originally a building material for paving floors. China printmakers seldom use hemp gum prints.
Classification of printed matter:
1, creating prints:
(China) Tan Quanshu's "Meng Gen Ziggy" engraving letterpress prints are made of triangular knives, round knives, flat knives and oblique knives. A big round knife and a flat knife are called chisels, and chisels are tools for striking hard behind the handle. As for wood carving, a special solid steel bar is used to create various blades.
2. Watermark woodcut.
(China) Luo's Storm on the Peak uses other materials as plates to carve relief prints. The basic method is the same as woodcut, except that when carving stones and bricks, a chisel is used as an auxiliary tool, and other materials other than woodcut cannot be watermarked. Gaozhou woodcut prints have a long history. Gaozhou woodcuts are simple and delicate, and the materials are mostly "pine branches and boards", which can be divided into monochrome and color matching.