In the 1960’s Sunny Jacobson was a woodcut print artist of some notoriety in the New England art scene. She had art shows at the Silvermine Guild, in Greenwich, Connecticut as well as shows in New York. Artists had to be accepted into the Silvermine Guild. Jurors would review the artist’s work to determine if the work was good enough to be in the Guild. She also exhibited in the (Nancy) Vincellete Gallery in Westport.
In 1939 the Associated American Artists (AAA) opened a 30,000-square-foot gallery located at 711 Fifth Avenue in New York City, to promote American regionalist and realist art. The gallery sold her prints (along with artists like Andy Warhol.)
The woodcut print process
Step 1 – Create a concept collage to serve as a model for the print. The collage was made with images cut from magazines.
Step 2 – Carve the design into a wood block. A different wood block is carved for each color in the print design. This photo shows only a portion of the carved wood block.
Step 3 – Roll the desired color of ink (oil-based) onto the wood block.
Step 4 – Lay rice paper on top of the inked wood block and rub the rice paper to transfer the ink to the paper.
Finished Woodcut Print
Metropolitan Rhythm
Some of Sunny’s woodcut prints
