A wood engraving begins with a rough boxwood round, which is cut ‘end grain’ on and polished until it is smoother than glass. The artist engraves onto the darkened surface with various tools. The final print is pulled from the inked engraving, using a fine quality paper.



A Queen Honeybee by Andrew Tyzack: From boxwood round to finished wood engraving.

A new drawing and a new limited edition wood engraving of queen honeybees by Andrew Tyzack.

‘Honeybee queen’, pencil on paper, & ‘Queen honeybee’, wood engraving by Andrew Tyzack