Archive for July, 2008
Final layer
Posted by linden on July 20th, 2008 filed in exchanges, my art, prints
Sunset Breeze, 19 x 25.5cm, woodblock and lino cut
So the moment came to put the final layer on the woodblock print. It is a soft orange/yellow colour which ties the rest of the layers together and softens the whole print. It is basically as I had imagined it to be - which is nice for […]
Third layer
Posted by linden on July 15th, 2008 filed in exchanges, my art, prints
The third layer on my print is a lino cut. I have had some encouragement from Lynette Weir for lino cutting and some great advice about sharp tools and types of lino. She has some very good information on her website and her photographs of the progressive lino cuts are quite a wonderful sight! Anyway, […]
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Posted by linden on July 14th, 2008 filed in exchanges, my art, prints
The second layer went onto my Baren Forum exchange print this morning. The woodcut is in plywood that I have given a very light coat of shellac to make cleaning up the oil based ink easy and prevents colour contamination from the previous colours. It is a bit of a scary print as I haven’t […]
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Posted by linden on July 14th, 2008 filed in exchanges, my art, prints
I have been working on a couple of exchange prints at home. It is the way I unwind from the university work - believe it or not!
This is the first layer for the woodblock print which is for the Baren Forum. I don’t go in a lot of the Baren exchanges because I don’t work […]
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