During my 2023 UK wood engraving centric travels I had the opportunity to look at and study some of Monica Poole’s engraved blocks during a visit with fellow Society of Wood Engravers (SWE) member Nigel Hamway. I enjoyed seeing Monica’s early “beginners” engravings as well as some of her many masterpieces.
A sweet tiny landscape, looking to be a very early wood engraving.
I had seen a Christmas Card printed with the star on in, but no print of the tree trunk image, this was new to me.
I loved viewing this practice block and recognized the figures, which appeared in Monica’s “Apple Tree” wood engraving.
Here, a detail of “Apple Tree”.