In 1944 XYLON the Swiss society of wood engravers was founded.
In 1953 XYLON the international society of wood engravers was founded in Zurich.
The Swiss society of wood engravers consists of about 40 people. They organise exhibitions in switzerland and abroad. They also edit the xylon magazine.
Xylon is a magazine with original relief printings in the size of 49,5 x 34,5 cm. Every year there are three editions, each one dedicated to one artist. They are printed from original plates, usually woodcuts or linocuts.
You can become a sponsor of Xylon, the swiss society of wood engravers.
Sponsors of the Swiss society of wood engravers get the annual subscription of the magazine Xylon and an original engraving of a Swiss artist for only Euro 105.— a year.
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