Librarian, editor, author and consultant for Canadian children's literature, Irma proposed the creation of a Canadian centre for children's literature in 1972 in a paper to the Ontario Royal Commission on Canadian Publishing.
Woodcut, occasionally known as xylography, is a relief printing technique in printmaking.An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood âtypically with gouges âleaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.n Europe, woodcut is the oldest technique used for old master prints, developing about 1400, by using, on paper, existing techniques for printing. One of the more ancient woodcuts on paper that can be seen today is The Fire Madonna (Madonna del Fuoco, in the Italian language), in the Cathedral of Forli, forlÃ¬ In. italy
Woodblock printing existed in Tang China during the 7th century AD and remained the most common East Asian method of printing books and other texts, as well as images, until the 19th century. Ukiyo-e is the best known type of Japanese woodblock art print. Most European uses of the technique for printing images on paper are covered by the art term woodcut, except for the block-books produced mainly in the 15th century.