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Linocut in Progress: Out of the blue.... and back again!
Okay, then! Progress is happening, but this week it feels a little bit like that "one step forward, two steps back" sort of situa...
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"The Linocut Jig." Sounds like it should be a piece of contemporary Celtic music, eh? As promised, some pix and descriptions of m... -
If the contents of my inbox are any indication, one of the biggest challenges for new printmakers is the question of registration. For those...
Ooh, can't wait to see how it comes out!
ReplyDeleteDo you press all your pieces by hand (without an actual press?)? The color is so even! I could never get color like that with my spoon!
Jen
Hi Jen!
ReplyDeleteYup, everything without a press. For the first colors I use a baren, which gives a fairly even and not-too-thick ink impression. I do a lot of "peeking" before I pull the print up all the way off the block, checking coverage. (Potentially dangerous, since the whole thing could slide.)
Spoon for the last color... typically I want to REALLY control the coverage at the end, so with a spoon I can rub one line at a time. Tedious on big prints, lemme tell ya!