New print for a folio exchange called “Little Big Monsters.” This print shows the little, cute turkey poults and then the big monstrous toms they grow into. Click any image to see larger:
20in x 16in, 5-color reduction woodcut, with litho baby turkey poults
And the poults in detail:
Turkey poults (the dark line drawing) was done with lithography, then all the color layers of woodcut were printed over the top of the litho.
Cutting for turquoise blue after printing the blue:
The print so far (in background), and cutting for the blue (foreround). Block is about 24in x 24in--birch plywood
Some of the final edition, hanging to dry. All printed on mulberry and some on masa. Final count: 31 prints plus some others printed on different size papers for inclusion in upcoming artists’ “Bestiary” book.
some of the final prints. Color seps partially visible at far left (5 colors: yellow ochre, turquoise, red, green, black)
