First I draw on the picture and
cut the first color(white)
away.
I will do the same for each
color, that is, cut away all of the plate that I
want to stay the last color printed. It is a good
idea to print from light to dark.
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Here I am inking the plate
with silver.Each color is inked and printed
separately but on the same plate.
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Here I am running the press ( by
hand) that is why it is called "hand pulled". This
is one of those pictures that proves I am not a
good photographic subject.
I have to hang up each print until
it dries. Then I can print the next color.
Sometimes they dry in 24 hours, some times it takes
a week. It depends on the color and weather.
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I am checking the print before I
take it off the plate. You can see that a number of
colors have already been printed.
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Reduction
Linocut is a printmaking technique which uses a
single plate. The colors are printed one at a time,
and the plate is slowly cut away, until the final
color is printed. The first color printed is
usually the lightest, and the artist will work down
to black as the last color.
The process is a very "painterly" technique which
allows for tremendous personal variation. The
colors can mottle and obtain a texture which is
individual to each print. This makes a very
interesting way to obtain multiple prints, yet each
with an individual appearance.
The prints are run on a hand press in editions of
between 20 and 50 prints. Once the edition is run,
the plate is "gone" and no more prints can be made.
The following pages are the linocut print that are
currently available from this on-line-gallery.
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Here is an example of a plate when
all the colors have been run. Only the background
is left, as that is usually the last thing
printed.
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The is the finished print. You can
see how the main body of the plate was the Coyote
and horse. They are the areas where most detail was
cut and printed.
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