block prints: how to make them

author: william s. rice hardcover number of pages: 72 pages, nearly 50 black and white illustrations dimensions: 7.25 x 10 in / 18.42 x 25.4 cm high-quality premium stock matte art paper estimated shipping date: 7-10 days from date of purchase about this book: An accomplished member of the early 20th-century Arts and Crafts movement, William S. Rice was also a dedicated teacher. By the time he published Block Prints: How To Make Them in 1941, he was an instructor at the University of California, having just retired from a 40-year career teaching art in California’s public secondary schools. Rice began making block prints as early as 1915 in the attic studio of his East Oakland bungalow. As he would go on to describe in his extremely practical guide to block printing, an artist could get started with basic tools, wood or linoleum blocks, inks, and paper, even repurposing household items to their advantage. Now back in print after a long absence, Block Prints: How To Make Them is