Making the Cut: Relief Prints from the Woodson Art Museum’s Collection

As printmaking evolved, artists expanded relief-printing methods in new and innovative ways. Making the Cut examines the processes, tools, and techniques used to create relief prints. In his single-color woodcut Owl, Leonard Baskin used nothing more than surface grain to create background texture and space. Sherrie York’s complex multi-color reduction linocut Cruisin’ masterfully depicts a pelican moving through abstract water reflections. Complementing American Woodblock Prints, Making the Cut showcases a range of relief-print possibilities.
Exhibition Highlights

Sherrie York, Cruisin’ (1/16), 2015, reduction linocut on Rives BFK paper, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum collection

S.V. Medaris, Taliesin Goose (3/8), 2013, reduction woodcut on Arches cover, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum collection

Melinda Whipplesmith Plank, Mullein Maze (1/20), 2017, woodcut on Rives BFK paper, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum collection

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Marketing is supported in part by City of Wausau Room Tax funds. Exhibitions and programs are supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Kits are supported by a grant from M&T Charitable Foundation and Wilmington Trust.