{"id":3652,"date":"2013-04-18T23:07:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T04:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2014-09-11T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T17:21:34","slug":"first-48in-reduction-woodcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/first-48in-reduction-woodcut\/","title":{"rendered":"First 48in reduction woodcut"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally chucked another worry out the window and went for it–a block as big as my (Takach Press<\/a>) press bed (30 inches x 48 inches), and a reduction woodblock at that (meaning, if it doesn’t work…if I can’t register it at that big a paper size, with even one of the colors, then the whole edition is shot…). But it worked!!!
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‘Taliesin Goose’ by S.V. Medaris, Reduction woodcut, 30in x 48in \u2022 Now showing at Artisan Gallery<\/a>. See it at the opening reception for ‘Flora and Fauna’ this Friday night (April 19), 5-9pm. Click on goose to enlarge it.<\/p><\/div>
\nAnd a close up:
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A close-up of the 5-color (plus white) reduction block. That’s Taliesin up on the hillside. Click on goose to enlarge it.<\/p><\/div>
\nFor one of the prints, I cut out the goose and adhered it to a plywood cut-out form. Varnish. Attach french cleats to back, and voil\u00e1 a floating goose. No pics yet, but it’s showing now at Overture Center’s Gallery I: 60 days at Taliesin…<\/i><\/a>. Opening reception May 3, 2013, gallery night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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