This is the final result of the carving!! It is the most tedious section of the carving but it means that essentially I will gain the neatest and cleanest edge so that when I roll the ink over the uncarved … Continue reading Carving – some of my lino carving methods No. 3
Today I have been working on the fourth of a series of about 12 linocuts. This is a brown lino – not sure of its name – it carves easily but it can crumble more around the edges which can … Continue reading Linocuts…in the studio today…
Now for the game “spot the difference”. Look at the two linocut images below. Can you see the difference? It has something to do with these gorgeous flowers – ACT State Floral Emblem – Royal Bluebells Wahlenbergia gloriosa. Unfortunately the first image on the isthe proof print for the linoblock I have just finished carving and the second image is a new template including the missing Royal Bluebells. Sometimes you just make mistakes – some are quite small and some well…mean you have to re-carve a whole linoblock. Some tips: 1. Sometimes you can carve around a mistake and incorporate … Continue reading oops…Australian Floral Emblems…less one – suggestions for helping fix mistakes in lino carving….
Sometimes when I print a design I decide to change something about it or add something to the design after I have done the initial proof prints. This is the case with the recent Banksia coccinea design. You can see the linocut block on top of the proof print which I have handcoloured – painted with watercolours. This initial rough proof print seemed ok but when I printed a couple of extras that I thought I might need as watercolour proofs I found that the carving of some of the stamen within the banksias was simply not deep enough and … Continue reading Linocut carving and re-carving – Banksia coccinea
For the linocut print design ‘ Ev’ry move you make’ – ‘Tawny Expressions’ I have used multiple blocks printed individually to create a large work.
As I am limited in the size I work in by the small bookpress, I need to find alternative ways of creating large works.
One of these is to use a series of smaller images or images that will easily be printed on the small press and combine them in the framing into a larger piece.
They are smaller blocks and I am back to using the grey silkcut lino which is nice.
Continue reading “Design using multiple linocuts…Tawny Frogmouth Expressions Linocuts”
This is a partial image of a carving and the design work. I will just show you a section of the linoblock I am carving with the section of the design I am working from. As is my usual way … Continue reading Carving a new linocut
Printing a linoblock is not always an easy task taking much practice and attention to detail – there are so many linocut prints out there that have been have not been printed well so it is important to know what … Continue reading Printing a linoblock…how to start…
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