How to Use woodblock in a Sentence

woodblock

noun
  • She made a woodblock print.
  • Make the stamp by gluing strips of crafts foam to a woodblock.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
  • On the fourth, a series of woodblock prints in black-and-white.
    — Amanda Chemeche, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2023
  • The back of my grandfather’s skull is as flat as a woodblock.
    — Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Above the bed was a woodblock print of squirrels huddling on a winter branch.
    — Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 6 June 2017
  • Above the bed was a woodblock print of squirrels huddling on a winter branch.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Samuels employs woodblock prints, drawings, and words on layers of paper and silk.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The artist’s original creation is a woodblock print donning ink and subtle shades of beige, white and blue.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Each piece is a single unique print, exhibited with the woodblock it was created from.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Astrup would return to this scene several times, including in his woodblock prints.
    — Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 26 June 2021
  • In Japan, snow was both subject and symbol in woodblock prints, where the washi paper was sometimes left bare to create a field of white.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Supplementing the huge woodblocks are nearly 100 prints that scale from little to tiny.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • These motifs are printed on a single piece of paper using woodblocks and then hand-colored using stencils.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 20 June 2018
  • On a visit to Japan, he was introduced to the ukiyo-e, or woodblock prints, of the master artist Hokusai.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Japonisme,’’ a craze for all things Japanese, was the result, and the Western vogue for woodblock prints was a big part of it.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 31 May 2020
  • The woodblock pulse is sometimes taken up by clanging cowbell, slashed chords, or the ominous, clocklike ticking of bowsticks against strings.
    — Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Her work has the look of a woodblock print (intentionally) and provide a deep dive into knowing what’s underfoot.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • In the 1830s, when it was made, a woodblock print in Edo—now Tokyo—cost roughly the same as a bowl of noodles.
    — Susan Delson, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Cutting the matrix for a woodblock or linoleum print requires finesse, diligence and calculation.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The composer notably employs a full battery, with special emphasis on the woodblock, which gets a real workout.
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Elsewhere, two artists use black-and-white woodblock prints that impart a graphic, cartoon-like quality to their subjects that also heightens the message.
    — Diane M. Bacha, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Many of the woodblock prints were lost or destroyed, as Obata sought to select just one to create his limited edition of 100 prints.
    — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Close at hand, one of Katsushika Hokusai’s historic woodblock prints of Mount Fuji is on display.
    — Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2018
  • The style of the painting also pays homage to Japanese woodblock portraits, which often depict women in similar poses.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
  • Early 19th-century woodblock prints of bathing testify to Japan’s old and admirable cult of cleanliness.
    — The Economist, 7 Mar. 2020
  • The show represents a wide array of styles and media showcasing the expressiveness of faces and bodies in graphite, photography, woodblock, and more.
    — courant.com, 28 June 2019
  • Several of our paintings, art photographs and our 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints were kept for the shoot.
    — Helene Stapinski, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2019
  • This stamping technique is perhaps reminiscent of woodblock printing itself, where the artistry goes into making the block (or in this case the stamping plate) that leaves its mark on the final product.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The woodblock print depicts a giant wave crashing into a trio of boats off the coast of Kanagawa, but there’s been a lot of debate over the years as to what kind of wave exactly is depicted in the piece.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2019
  • Make your own woodblock print at the tiny Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum, which feels more like a house and contains historic artworks, plus workshops on the top floor.
    — Danielle Demetriou, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2020

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