Durable, grain structure provides texture, inexpensive, easy to acquire.
Grain makes carving tricky, hard to carve
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LinoPros:
Cons:
Durable, Easy to carve, easy to get detail, inexpensive, easy to acquire.
Stock sizes may be limited, but these can be cut.
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RubberPros:
Cons:
Soft, double sided, easy to work.
Expensive, not easy to get small detail.
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The Key Block System
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Block Key Image
The image on the right can be used to locate all of the color in a given print. If this image were transferred to successive blocks, the colors could be filled in.