Print style
Cordel Woodcut
The covers of the chapbooks sold on market strings: a black block cut with a knife and printed on coloured card, every white line a gouge. Mamirauá example from the Poster Stamp collection.
Make a stamp in this styleThe print tradition
The covers of the chapbooks sold on market strings: a black block cut with a knife and printed on coloured card, every white line a gouge.
- Period
- Northeast Brazil, from the 19th century
- Process
- Woodcut on coloured card
- Marks
- Bold black block, white gouge lines
- Frame
- Black border with a sawtooth edge, carved rosettes and a string of festa pennants
The example
The flooded forest of the Amazon. This illustrated Rainpost sample depicts Mamirauá with drawn shapes and print textures. The browser editor applies a local print treatment to your photo; the collection is an artistic interpretation.
