Tag: Carving Linocuts

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Linocut carving and re-carving – Banksia coccinea

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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

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Design using multiple linocuts…Tawny Frogmouth Expressions Linocuts

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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.

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The Final Carving and Proofing – Regeneration Waratahs

Lyn

 

Above is the final finished carving of the “Regenerations – Waratahs” linoblock. It has been a slow progress – for example it took a full day to finish the central panel leaves. To give you an idea of the size of the block , the final printed image is 51cm x 30cm. The image on the right of the linoblock above shows the template image – note that it is a mirror image of the block – it is important to remember that when the image is printed it will print in reverse to the carved linoblock.

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