#reduction lino

[martianlukeart]

long time no post! happy new year! here's some linocuts of aspen trees i made recently :)

[greenwichprintmakers]

Jennifer Jokhoo’s new print 'October dusk'  is inspired by the wide expanse of field/sky in Romney Marsh. Its an 8 layer reduction lino cut!

It is currently up in our Greenwich Gallery along with lots of lovely prints by our members.

[k00295837]

Movement - Workshop development

Progress on my lino pattern print

In the third layer of my lino block i carved out some more patterns and detail into the planets, as well as touching up some details with how the pieces connect as a pattern.

[futurecatfood]

Memento Vivere

Lino print & permanent markers

2013/20

[greenwichprintmakers]

‘Making Lemonade’ - a stylised still-life by Diana Croft will featured in our new 2019 calendar (coming soon!). 

This reduction lino print portrays the image of summer picnics, with a sunny light optimistic feeling!

[olgakrasanova]

Morning Tea

Olga Krasanova

[greenwichprintmakers]

Ann Burnham’s new reduction linocut, is not as yet titled. She starts with a blend roll of blue to very pale blue, then she wipes away the clouds in the sky. After cutting away everything from the lino that she wants to remain blue, she prints the next colour - a blend of very pale blue to yellow. She builds up the colours in layers in this way until she is happy the print doesn’t need any more. She works on small editions of 10 - 12, as she cuts each colour away she can no longer print any additional prints and with the last colour printed the lino is no longer usable.

[greenwichprintmakers]

As a longstanding member of the co-operative, Diana continues to explore different printmaking processes and is currently working on a series of abstracted still-lives using the reduction linocut technique. This results in the block being progressively cut away with each colour being printed off the same block, until it is virtually destroyed. This means that you have to start by printing the number of prints you want to end up with as you can't go back and repeat it once you have cut the next colour. Inevitably the editions tend to be quite small.

Diana loves the technical and mental challenge of working with this method and her work demonstrates the fine level of detail that can be achieved. Another recurring theme in her work is the English landscape which she translates into stylised, decorative prints with strong elements of line and pattern.

She has also worked extensively with collagraphs which create a softer looking print often combined with chine collé or monoprint techniques and sometimes using three 'plates' overprinted in different colours to produce the desired effect.

Diana Croft is the featured artist at Greenwich Printmakers for the next two weeks.