I thought to make another single colour linocut to expand on Project 6, taking up the inspiration from Man Ray’s rayograph compositions. I was thinking towards a simple still life that would work on object shapes rather than intricate detail. My starting point was one of the apple and cinnamon muffins I had made that […]
As a response to the leaf prints from Part 1, my tutor suggested I’d have a look at Rayograms by Man Ray. That was quite interesting. I first looked up ‘Rayograms’ to discover that the principle of placing objects on photographic paper, exposing the setting to light, then using a chemical to develop the photo […]
Find a couple of contemporary printmakers whose work you like, and reflect on their techniques. How do they use lino? What sort of marks do they make? What could you learn from them? Atta Kwami, Ghana (born 1956) I found this artist when searching for linocuts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art website. They struck […]
This project introduced a basic linocut working procedure which I found quite helpful. I have done linocut relief prints already, but never with so much preparation. Most of the times I just cut the design into the lino without even drawing. So this was quite different and I felt it gave me much more control […]
The central idea of this project was to try out mark making with linocutting and other tools. I used an A4 lino plate and my beginner’s set of tools with one V-tool and three gauge tools from small to medium width, plus a straight blade. I also experimented with other instruments. Cutting the lino went […]
Just discovered this technique and got curious. I know not much about lithography, only that it’s based on water-friendly vs water-repellent materials. I recently saw some Lithographs in the Toulouse-Lautrec exposition. Paper lithography seems to use the same principle, but with paper as the medium. Photocopies can be transferred and gum arabic plays a role. […]