@snailrageprints it was a neat project and I learned some things: - I don't particularly like the destruction inherent in the reduction process. I know, I know, all creation is destruction, but I'd rather come out with blocks I could print again and again.
-Getting precise registration (aligning the paper with the printing block) with otherwise delightfully wispy deckled paper edges is an incredible challenge
- these color inks are not quite as opaque as I was led to believe, I had to do some additional mixing to get the pure green (shown here) to look green at all upon the red in the combined print. (It first came out looking black)
#printMaking #reductionLinocut #reliefPrint #humanArt
"The Reported Cause is Human" LEGO relief print on rice paper, using inks made from wildfire char and mineral pigments.

#wildfire #reliefprint #printmaking
"Deep Sea" is a three colored reduction woodcut print about the creatures lurking in the dephts of our oceans. The size is 30cm x 30cm, printed only in blue tones. All layers are cut from a single piece of basswood and printed one after another.

This print is limited to 28 prints on Römerturm "Jupp wiess" 160g paper.
The prints are rich in texture that varies a little bit in every print.

Every print comes signed and handnumbered on the back. Find it in my Etsy-Shop!

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#holzschnitt
#reductionwoodcut
#blockprint
#reliefprint
#illustration
#hamburg
#druckgrafik
#tiefsee
#verlorenerschnitt
I made a new linocut! It is inspired by an illustration I made for Climate Illustrated some years ago – some of you might remember it. The illustration shows different »islands of peace«, which are places or things that mean peace to people. This linocut shows the island of nature. Also included in the original illustration are the island of home and the island of family. My plan was actually to carve all three islands in lino to have a small series in the end, but I am not sure yet when I will find the time to do so.

Of this linocut I printed a small edition of 4 prints. Write me a message, if you want one of them. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the paper, but it is a yellowish Japan paper with a cloudy texture. It looks quite nice actually.

»Island of Nature«
Linoprint on a yellowish Japan paper, 16,5 × 22 cm
20,00 €

#linoldruck #linocut #lino #linoprint #druckgrafik #hochdruck #print #printmaking #printmaker #blockprint #reliefprint #illustration #peace #islandofpeace #nature #findpeaceinnature
Hi there.

@Kulturagenten_hamburg initiated a workshop week @goetheschuleharburg this week and i've been there for two days, representing @griffelkunst and the not to be killed genre of printmaking (woodcut of course 🤠).

The so called IVK class (Internationale Vorbereitungsklasse) consisted of around thirteen kids, that are not born in Germany. They're here for less than twelve months and are mostly from areas of conflict, such as Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan and so on.

Some of the kids are able to speak and understand up to five languages which i can't keep up with cause i only speak two. But as you can guess we've had no language in common ;).

However, the nice thing is that printmaking is pretty universal and even if we've had to use our hands and feet (okay okay also some translation apps) to communicate, every kid was able to cut and print almost two prints.

Pretty impressive!

I've managed to snap some pics in between, but there are no action shots of the kids cutting cause it's been pretty turbulent ;).

Interesting side fact:
The "Robust" press pretty much sucked, but it was saved from being thrown away and i guess therefore it was ooookay.

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#printmaking
#printmaker
#holzschnittworkshop
#schoolworkshop
#reliefprint
#blockprint
Here come some more pics of an older woodcut called "Shadowban".

It's a five colored reduction woodcut print, made from a single block of 8mm thick birch plywood. Edition of eight prints on 200 g/qm Römerturm "Oeuvre", papersize is 50 x 70 cm.

Each print is handnumbered and signed on the front. Please consider that each print is unique and shows different artifacts due to the printing process.

Can be found in my shop of course 🤠.

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#holzschnitt
#printmaking
#illustration
#shadowban
#plywood
#reductionwoodcut
#reliefprint

“Tree of life”
Hand-printed linocut.

This is a rather old linocut of mine from 2022, the year when I started to think a lot about life and death.

#linogravure #linografia #linocut #linoryt #ліногравюра #linocutprint #linocutart #linocutprinting #linocutprintmaking #linocutting #linocutfriends #reliefprint #reliefprinting #reliefprintmaking #folkart #naiveart #naiveartist #mythologyart #treeoflife

Day 13 #artAdventCalendar This regal (poodle) lady was a recent commission. Sometimes people offer you great photos to work from. I was uncertain about how to carve the curly fur, but my client said, “Oh! the curlz!” so I think I got it ☺️

#linocut #printmaking #dog #petPortrait #poodle #reliefPrint

‘Jackdaw Ash’ my new wood engraving inspired by a trip to Long Meg is now available on my print shop and etsy. On offer at https://willowhouseprints.uk/shop for the rest of the week too.
76mm x 76mm engraving on pear wood. Limited to 20 prints. #woodengraving #reliefprint #stonecircles #printmaking