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Wood Engraving Wednesday

This week we take small departure from wood engraving into the world of the wood cut (wood engravings are made with engravings tools on the end grain of a hardwood, while wood cuts use carving tools on the long grain of usually softer woods). New Jersey wood cut artist Michael Dal Cerro (b. 1953) recently donated his 1992 artists book Small World Alphabet, printed by Chris Stern (1951-2007) at his Grey Spider Press in Seattle, Washington in a limited edition of 75 copies signed by the artist, to UWM Special Collections.

The book is an abecedarium illustrating the outsized impact our species has had on our small blue planet. We were so taken by Dal Cerro's pointedly satirical graphics that we thought we'd showcase some of the prints on this day usually reserved for wood engravings.