Oh, man, I love block printing with linoleum blocks! My advanced art class doesn’t know it yet but we’re about to go into full production for Christmas. Drawing it in and cutting the blocks is rewarding and peaceful and printing with them is about has hard to stop as picking berries.
I don’t know about YOU, but when I start picking berries, it’s well nigh impossible for me to stop! Same with prints. Currently all surfaces are covered can with prints over here. :)
Oh my goodness I am loving the effects you can achieve with carved linoleum prints! The leaves I carved and showed in a previous post look positively ethereal on this background. Loving this medium.
This is a woodblock I carved into a chrysanthemum. I used it to make prints and suppose I made about 100 before I retired it. As for ME, I want to retire my printing blocks before they start to crack and split as I consider them things of beauty in themselves. You can never get them entirely clean after each use, and I consider the leftover paint hiding in the cracks part of our history together, this block and me.
Although technically it’s a tool, I consider it a piece of art in its own right and love it for itself. It really is a beautiful thing, isn’t it? I have it resting on a shelf to happy it up for me each morning. Here’s a side view, with the little indentations carved for handles.
This one is sold and tomorrow will be wending its way to its new owner. You would note that I added a little rust into the mix per the client’s request. Love the added color, and now it will compliment their beautiful silk carpet. Absolutely love the rich new dimension added into the mix!
Below shows my original painting. They request that salmon be added and I really love the difference!
