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Block printing is a special form of printing first developed in China. The earliest known example with an actual date is a copy of the Diamond Sutra from 868 A.D (currently in the British Museum), though the practice of block printing is probably about two thousand years old. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Yuan dynasty woodblock edition of a Chinese play Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text or images used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China sometime between the mid-6th and late 9th centuries. ... Image File history File links Printing_block. ... Image File history File links Printing_block. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra), The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra that Cuts like a Thunderbolt, is a short Mahayana sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom genre, which teaches the practice of the avoidance of abiding in extremes of mental attachment. ... Events 11 May: Printing of The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book. ... The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with a tessellated glass roof by Foster and Partners surrounding the original Reading Room. ...

The first step in block printing is the production of the original document. This is laid on a large, smooth wooden block and fixed into place, reversed. Next, craftsmen of various skill levels, ranging from master carvers for the fine work to less talented artisans for cheaper blocks or less important sections, carve the original painted, drawn or written image into the block of wood. The block can now be covered with ink and used in a press to create duplicates of the original. Craftsman is an artisan who practices a handicraft or trade; a style of architecture and furniture arising from the Arts and Crafts movement; a military rank within the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, equivalent to a private; and a brand of tools. ... Carver can refer to any of the following: People George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943), American botanist and inventor Jeffrey Carver (1949 - ), American science fiction author Jesse Carver (1911 - ), English football player and club manager John Carver (c. ... An artisan, also called a craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. ... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ...

In some ways block printing is superior to cast type or moveable type -- for a language such as Chinese which has a very broad character set, block prints are much cheaper to produce for the initial run. The process also allows greater artistic freedom, such as the easy inclusion of pictures and diagrams. However, printing blocks are not very durable, and deteriorate very rapidly with use, requiring constant replacement which limits the possibility of large-scale print runs. Printing blocks can, however, be made from a variety of materials such as wood, linoleum, rubber, or even potatoes. The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... A character encoding is a code that pairs a set of characters (such as an alphabet or syllabary) with a set of something else, such as numbers or electrical pulses. ... Print run is a term primarily used in book publishing, and less often in the magazine market (usually for the first few editions of a new title). ... Yuan dynasty woodblock edition of a Chinese play Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text or images used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China sometime between the mid-6th and late 9th centuries. ... Colour Linocut Linocut Linocut is a variant of woodcut, in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. ...

Block printing has also been extensively used for decorative purposes such as fabrics and wallpaper. This works best with repetitive patterns composed of one or a small number of motifs that are small to medium in size (due to the difficulty of carving and handling larger blocks). For a multicolor pattern, each color element is carved as a separate block and individually inked and applied. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Fabric may mean: Cloth, a flexible artificial material made up of a network of natural or artificial fibres Fabric (club), a London dance club Fibre Channel fabric, a network of Fibre Channel devices enabled by a Fibre Channel switch using the FC-SW topology This is a disambiguation page, a... Mary Cassatts painting of two ladies drinking tea in a room with red-blue striped wallpapers. ... In art, a motif is a repeated idea, pattern, image, or theme. ...