My first attempt at letterpress. Freeform Victorian woodblock type, printed in green and red, A5 image size printed on A4 paper.
Printed at Ink Spot Press in Brighton.
Merry Christmas!
24 December 2011
My first attempt at letterpress. Freeform Victorian woodblock type, printed in green and red, A5 image size printed on A4 paper.
Printed at Ink Spot Press in Brighton.
Reduction linocut, final stage
10 November 2011
A final layer of dark green ink over the shadow areas completes the print.
Six stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10cm.
Six stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10cm.
Reduction linocut, stage 5
09 November 2011
A darker green layer over the previous layers. Nearly there.
Reduction linocut, stage 4
08 November 2011
A small change: I printed a grey-purple shadow area just on the edge of the road, using a mask to keep the rest of the image unaffected.
Reduction linocut, stage 3
07 November 2011
The sky is finished, so that's all cut away; I also cut away some more details of the hedges and fields, and then printed the block in green.
Reduction linocut, stage 2
05 November 2011
Second layer, and already the picture is quite detailed. Another gradient blend: darker shade of blue down to a bright green.
Reduction linocut, stage 1
04 November 2011
And we're off again. First stage of a new reduction linocut: gradient blend from cobalt blue with lots of white at the top down to yellow and a bit of burnt sienna.
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