Relief Print: Accident

This was made for our final print exchange in my printmaking class. I had to make enough prints for everyone in the class (plus some for my self). The theme was "forbidden." I feel like there is a lot forbidden about this image; public nudity as one example. It is also a little boy crossing the street with a blindfold; nakedness is just one factor in his vulnerability.

I chose to make a reductive print, which means that after each layer, I could never go back. It is suggested to start out making twice the amount that you want to end up with. I started out with  60 prints. My series ended up being out of 24. It was a total nightmare to print (I was experimenting with oil based ink) and by the end, I hated it mainly because it looked nothing like I had planned. Since then, it has grown on me a lot and is yet another example of a "happy accident."
Relief Print. Oil based ink. 7" x 10"

Cameo Reductive Print

This was my first (complicated) reductive print. To make a reductive print, I had the whole image on one piece of linoleum and then I printed the first color that had the most area. Then I cut a little more, printed with a new color, and therefore created a new layer. I did this until the image was complete. Because there is a lot of detail in this one, and because there are so many layers, keeping the images registered was very difficult. Also, because there were so many layers, the ink was getting too thick and weird. Anyways, it turned out pretty good, considering that it was my first complicated reductive print.

Reductive, linoleum relief print. Oil and water based ink. 7" x 5"

Landscape Prints

Here is my landscape print. One is monochromatic and the other is a colored print. It was pretty difficult to get all of the detail in there, but it was worth it! To add the colors, I had to take the original linoleum block apart and print them each separately. It was my first try at color block printing, so my colors were a little off register. SUPER frustrating.

Linoleum Relief Print. 5" x 7"

Angel Prints

This is a little side project I have been working on. It's the background, if you couldn't tell. This is a linoleum relief print with water based ink. They made some pretty memorable Christmas cards this winter, and I have been experimenting with funky frames. 7" x 3.5"