More pics from the class, including the different stages of the woodcut:
Monday
Draw the design down and seal with shellac:
Tuesday
Ink up the whole block with 1rst color (no white of paper in this print) and print onto 18 pieces of Mulberry:
Then cut the block for that 1st color (where you want the yellow part of the print to remain pure yellow), and ink up block with color #2, bright pink:
And the print:
Wednesday
Cut for 2nd color (where you want the red to remain on print), and ink block with 3rd color (bright lime-green):
And print:
Thursday
Cut for 3rd color (where the green-now olive in print- shall remain), and ink with 4th color (bright violet):
And the print:
I liked the look of this purple image, and since I had to cut out much of the purple (including the silhouette of the hilltop farm) in order to print the final black run, I decided to print some tees with it:
Friday
Cutting and inking for 5th/final color: black
And the final print:
Here’s some pics of the class:
I found this page while looking for reduction printing on Google. Thanks for showing the process. I really like your artwork.
I was wondering what you use to carve the blocks and how do you print you blocks. I specialised in printmaking at art school, but I no live overseas in a city where there is no print association studio which means I am limited to a very average press at the high school I teach at. I want to move into larger prints but I am currently restricted.