This in-depth guide to the art and craft of wood engraving, from a recognised expert in the field, offers a fount of information, advice and top tips into working effectively in this medium. Aimed both at beginners and at those with experience, Anne Desmet RA generously shares her extensive knowledge explaining traditional techniques in clear step-by-step stages. She also introduces new, unexpected, never-before-published ideas, possibilities and directions based on her own creative experiments with wood engraving over four decades. Wood Engraving – A Personal Approach invites both beginners and more experienced practitioners to engage with the processes and possibilities – orthodox and otherwise – of the art and craft of engraving on end-grain woodblocks to produce original, handmade prints of amazing diversity and finesse. Exploring, in particular, the medium’s great potential for creating images in light, the reader is supported on their own creative path with plenty of