About The Artist:
Morton Garchik
He studied at the School of Visual Arts where he won the First Prize in drawing. Since then he has received many more prizes. He designed of the Book cover of “Gimpel The Fool” by Isaac Bashevis Singer. His graphics have appeared in the Seattle Art Museum’s International Exhibitions, the Honolulu Printmakers International, DePaul Univ. 7th Annual Contemporary American Printmakers Exhibition, 7th0 National at Ohio Univ., etc. He...
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About The Medium:
Woodcut
A relief process in which the image is cut in a block of wood with tools such as knives, goughers or chisels. The image is inked with a roller, paper is applied to the surface and the back is then rubbed by hand or with a rubbing tool, transferring the image to the paper.