Endpaper

About this work

This looks like a page full of tiny gold flowers and leaves on dark blue paper. The shapes are simple—just circles, teardrops, and lines. Some flowers have five petals, others look like buds. The gold stands out bright against the dark background. The artist used a printing method where ink was pressed into wood. This made the gold patterns repeat across the page. It’s like a fancy bookmark or a decorative page inside a book. Next, look up woodcut to see how this printing trick works.