Description

Text based wood printing block. Front: it is a black/blue rectangle that is splattered with yellow gold paint with a 5.0cm by 15.5cm chunk missing from the bottom left corner of the block. There are gold painted carved outlines of backwards letters combined into three words stacked on top of each other, and they are slanted on an incline starting on the right side and moving up towards the left side. The first or top combination of letters spells out "ROYAL", the second "CANADIAN", and the third "SHOWS". The letters are about 8-10cm tall. Above the 3 words there is a carved golden border of a rectangle. Its dimensions are 15.2cm by 32.2cm. The width of the outline itself is 0.5cm. The materials that make up this block is wood. Sides: there is a label with the previous temporary number written on it Back: there are 4 strips of paper stuck horizontally across the middle of the back. There is a piece of tape at the top has "DAG 301" written on it. "T.01.01.429.1241(b)" is written on a piece of paper second from the top in black marker. There is an incision at the corner of the 5.0cm by 15.5cm missing chunk.

Materials

Wood (basswood or pine)

Measurements

53.4 cm L x 32.3 cm W x 2.3 cm H

Marks/Labels

Category

Printing T&E