Shore
relief block with hand colour
edition size: 40
image size: 2.75 x 3.5 in.
I printed the original key block (cut from the Easy to Cut material) using black ink onto a piece of waterproof drafting film. While the ink was still wet I then carefully by eye aligned it onto an equal size piece of battleship linoleum. Then the image was transferred to the lino surface using hand burnishing with the back of a wooden spoon (rubbing the backside of the drafting film in a firm yet gentle circular motion.)
Once the ink had dried on the surface of the lino the black line image was used as a cutting guide (the transfer from the drafting film allowed the design to be positioned on the new block in the same directional layout as the original easy to cut block). I decided to incorporate a thin line border around the design for this version.
Another difference this time is that the print is derived from a single block. Colour has been added into the print with watercolour painted in by hand.
19 of the edition are slated as exchange prints with fellow printmakers through the WetCanvas printmaking forum.
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