History of Woodblock Printing

Woodblock printing is one of the earliest techniques for printing images, text, or patterns. It originated in China and it was widely used all throughout East Asia as a method of printing on paper and textiles. The earliest examples of woodblock priting from China date to back to 220 AC and Egypt in the 4th century. Xylography is the commonly used term to describe the art of carving the woodcut.

The wood block is prepared as a relief matrix. Basically what it means is the areas to show "blank spots or white" are cut away with a chisel, leaving the image or characters to show in 'black'.

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