In Memoriam ii: The reduction linocut process
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- *Clarification! For the purpose of keeping the time down on this video (already at 9min), I have not shown my carving between each printed colour layer (if you watch the block you will see it changes over time). The stencils are purely to separate areas of colour, not to make texture or build up tone. As stated in the title of the video this IS a reduction process as the block is carved between each colour step. As my carving process is the same as anyone doing a reduction linocut I left these steps out to save on time and show the interesting and different parts of my processes*
A quick demonstration of how the reduction linocut "In Memoriam ii" was made. This video shows how I approached the print and is by no means the best or only method to produce a reduction linocut. This demo was filmed over the 4 months (Sept-Jan 2018-2019) it took to complete the print. The print went through 22 stages or pulls, with each stage being built upon from the last using the same linocut block. It is printed with oil-based inks on cream Stonehenge paper (chosen for its toughness and resilience). I chose to dampen the paper at each stage in the same way to make it easier to handle when placing it into the registration block. The stencils I used to mask out areas in the beginning are made of a heavy tracing paper and some had to be reinforced with clear contact or tape to strengthen them. It was printed with a combination of hand printing with a plastic rice spoon and presses depending on the size of the area needed to be printed. Hand printing prolonged the life of the block, preventing it from being squished after so many pulls. Most of the process was completed in my home studio with the last few pulls printed at the QCA printmaking studios (as my wooden carjack press broke on the 18th layer). I started with 30 sheets of paper and ended with an edition of 28 prints.
Each stage:
1. Light blue on abdomen
2. Selective orange/yellow in blended roll (1)
3. Selective orange/yellow in blended roll (2)
4. Selective orange/yellow in blended roll (3)
5. Darker blue fade on abdomen
6. Selective transparent black and orange blended roll
7. Selective brown on eyes and wings in 2 stages
8. Selective brown on the body, legs and antennae
9. Darker brown on eyes and wings
10. Darker brown on eyes and wings again
11. Light transparent black over the whole block
12. Light transparent black over the whole block (2)
13. Adding blue flecks stage 1
14. Adding blue flecks stage 2
15. Light transparent black over the whole block (3) 16. Transparent black over the whole block (4)
17. Transparent black over the whole block (5)
18. Transparent black over the whole block (6)
19. Transparent black over the whole block (6)
20. Transparent black over the whole block (7)
21. Adding black fade to abdomen
22. Black background
**Clarification! For the purpose of keeping the time down on this video (already at 9min), I have not shown my carving between each printed colour layer (if you watch the block you will see it changes over time). The stencils are purely to separate areas of colour, not to make texture or build up tone. As stated in the title of the video this IS a reduction process as the block is carved between each colour step. As my carving process is the same as anyone doing a reduction linocut I left these steps out to save on time and show the interesting and different parts of my processes**
I totally get you , it's beautiful work.
It's an effective technique, with amazing results. 👏
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Please make more videos! I'm a beginner at printmaking and really appreciated seeing your workflow, I learned a lot from watching this.
Wow that’s a lot to unpack for a person new to printmaking. The registration, stenciling, the transparent black buildup layer, and nearly two dozen passes. This is great stuff to see, thank you so much!
Absolutely mindblowing. The soft fuzzy texture and beautiful blends of colors are so very impressive.
Dear lady! This is one of the most beautiful lino-work I've seen on YT so far! Thanx very much for sharing your awesome work 😍
Watched it twice. Amazing. So rich in detail and color. I loved the process. Beautiful print. Thank you. Wish you had more demos!
This is the most riveting linocut process I have ever seen...amazing patience!!
And amazing result, lovely!
great print! never seen it done this way- really great result!
"now who would've thunk?" At first glance no one will ever think that's a linocut print!
Excellent! So much work. And you have to work out each stage beforehand too! I think I would find that impossible!
My professor showed this in class and to me it's like magic happening as I watch this XDXD Seriously you are super talented at this XD
This is the most well thought out and well executed reduction lino process I’ve ever seen! And it’s a beautiful design. Kudos! Thanks for sharing! Subscribed in hopes that you will share more in the future. :)
Amazing work! I only have very introductory experience with reduction print, this is masterfully done! I hope you will upload more videos in the future!
That's nothing short of absolutely stunning. Beautiful print and how it's developed.
I love how you are combining the use of stencils with linoleum reduction. I am thoroughly impressed that your registration was so good that you only lost 2 sheets. Would you tell me about how you created your registration block? I would love to know!
This is just incredible! I was looking for a video to show how to use stencils with reduction but you have taken it to a whole new inspiring level! Thankyou.
WOW! what beautiful artwork you create!
Such beautiful work. Love to see more - I’ve never seen a reduction linocut done with masks before! 👍💖
Your printing and carving skills are wonderful. Cant wait for more.
I'm in absolute awe. Just starting to learn linocut on my own and wondering if there's any chance I'll ever get close to being able to do this type of work. Just brilliant--thank you so much for sharing your process!!
wow 🤩 very detailed process that required a lot of planning and patience. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Really wonderful. It's like a ukiyo-e with reduction. Congratulations !!!!
This is just extraordinary. Such talent, skill and beauty. Thank you so much for sharing.
Amazing work! So very intricate. And I do love a blue banded bee =)
I loved this. I hope it gets used in uni tutorials!
It’s so cool! Beautiful result and smart process! 😍👍
Lol. People are mad harsh about the “reduction process.” Since I also do reduction, at first I thought... this is not reduction. But when you started getting into darker colors, you/she did use reduction method. Y’all give her a break, printmaking nerds! 😜 I appreciate I learned an interesting, maybe even easier way to as some base color, especially cause of your used to the process you know when you do multi color reduction, the colors end up blending and not giving you pure color you intended. Print red over green and you get a muddy brown color, etc. Thanks for the video @elysetaylor
Ur print is so amazing. The technique ur using is very interesting! Wish u will have more videos! Thanks for sharing :)
Nice final product, but it seemed to me to be more like screen printing than reduction printing. I saw a little carving. I guess you enjoy the printing process more than the carving. I like to carve more than print.
Amazingly beautiful!! Hope to see more videos from you in the future 😊
Jesus this is the art of hard work -
Very good art work from you Elyse...I'm super impressed here.
Spectacular ! Beautiful work !
Simply beautiful
Very nice video. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this excellent tutorial! You are a master!!
An addition technique. So cool!! Thanks for sharing :)
Insanely great.
amazing technique
Absolutely beautiful print!
Your amazing the print came out so beautiful thanks for sharing
Wow! Amazing !
Hi Elyse, that amazing
I'm your old friend from next door at Petrie.
Yes, I agree this is not reduction printing more like stencilling printing but interesting work.
Sorry for the confusion. I have only used the stencils to separate base colours at the start, not build up the image. As each step is printed over, the previous layer is carved away in the traditional reduction process. My carving was left out of the video as the video was very long (you may notice the block changes slowly over time). I had hoped titling the video a reduction process would have made that process clear. I have left a general clarifying comment at the top of the comments section to prevent any further misunderstandings.
So much work, so beautiful!
Wow! What a great piece of art!
Absolutely fantastic video! Love it!👍👍👍
So impressive! Thanks for sharing
Jesus. Incredible. I want one.
Hello…great video. Need advice. I am literally just starting wood block print. I know you roll paint on. I need to paint a “sunburst” pattern on a guitar print. I see you roll several colors. How can you make a circle that gets lighter as it goes in? Thanks in advance.
I'm afraid that as interested as I was to see this develop, the video made me feel motion sickness as soon as I started to watch :-(
Incredible I'd love to see more
wonderful
Beautiful, What is the paper you are using similar to tracing paper? And what are you dipping it into?
Hi, Thank you. I'm using a heavy tracing paper as my stencil. I dampen my paper in water by quickly dipping the printing paper into a water bath and blotting it dry with blotting paper. This makes they paper more flexible and easier to register in position for printing. :)
Stunning work with an interesting process... a few questions for understanding: how long was the carving and print process to get to the final image? How many final prints were produced in the series? What would you sell an individual print for to a buyer/collector?
Absolut faszinierend!
Excellent work.
Beautiful. I love your color aesthetic. Can you post more videos on similar content?? :)
This seems more like pochoir than reduction printing. Seems redundant to soak your paper for a relief print, especially one done in layers?
Lovely work
Wow beautiful!!!!!
Stunning
Was the detail for the hairs done with the transparent black on top of the original orange? The hairs just seemed to appear from nowhere lol. Amazing work, the finished product is stunning
Thank you. As the block is gradually carved away in each layer the colours that have been over printed start to show through more visibly in contrast to the darker new printed layer. After the block is carved and inked up again, the previous layer shows through (e.g. orange against the darkened transparent black layer). Hope that helps :)
absolutely stunning!!! Thank you.
Wow! Beautiful!
what do you use for the final details (last linocut for abdomen) ? it's impressive o_o waw
Wow loved it
Really interesting process. Thank you for sharing. I have to agree with some of the other comments. The jumpy filming made the video hard to watch. I had to skip some of it...
Fabulous !
Good job.
finally, now I understand how did you do this. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you really need to bring this to class.
Amazing.
Fantastic
Dear Elyse, great work! I just have a question: do you wait for ink to dry in between pulls? Thanks
Thank you Paulo. Yes I do. I found printing every 3 -4 days worked best. The ink was dry enough to print over without the paper sticking to the block, but also not 100% set so the next layer printed evenly over the top. If I left it too long the next layer became harder to get a smooth print and the print almost repelled the new ink. Hope this helps ☺️
Lovely result but i couldn't watch the process without getting motion sickness.
I agree- beautiful work but just had to fast forward it. Did not like the style of video at all!
Maravilloso Que trabajo
WOW!!!
Uggh! I had to take a Dramamine. Please mount your camera.
Wau...beautiful!!!👏
J'adore
amazing!!!
what happened between layer 16 and 17? I seemed like there was lots of carving done then to get the fuzzy look? Amazing work! Thanks for posting
Hi, Noob here. Great video and design. Question: can you elaborate more on your process of aligning your prints?. It looks like you are just eyeballing it in the video, but even 1mm off can mess up a print so I am assuming you are using some method. I am currently trying to develop a good way to align multi-layer prints.
Hi Danelle. Thank you. I am using a piece of mdf board with notches cut into it to line up the prints. It is an L shape and slots in next to the printing block. The corner of the paper and on edge is aligned into the notches on the mdf board and the paper is then lowered over the block. It is a technique I modified from artist Michael Schlitz and the the Japanese Kento registration used for woodblock printing. Best of luck with your printing and hope you get as much joy form the process as I do.
At 3:50 you can see how the MDF registration board slots in next to the block. At at 4:15 I use it to line up my paper. It is important to use the same registration block for all the layers to keep everything aligned. Hope this helps.
Looks brilliant but way too jumpy and fast for me to enjoy. Thank you for sharing your talent.
¡¡¡ AWESOME...!!!!
Word of advice: try to keep the camera still, you get motion sickness and it makes it a bit hard to watch for long. Other than that, great art
wow
the fil could be a little more slow, the frenetic movement of the camera is very distracting!
Please hold the camera still.
this is not a traditional reduction as in reduction each succeeding color is cut away. I would call this more of a stencil process using in this case a linoleum. Guess any smooth surface could be used to apply ink on. Do try your hand at the real traditional method. It's ruthless and unforgiving!
Sorry for the confusion David. I have only used the stencils to separate base colours at the start, not build up the image. As each step is printed over, the previous layer is carved away in the traditional reduction process. My carving was left out of the video as the video was very long (you may notice the block changes slowly over time). I had hoped titling the video a reduction process would have made that process clear. I have left a general clarifying comment at the top of the comments section to prevent any further misunderstandings.
Didn't make any sense to me at all, pls make a voice over to explain the process, it's too messy to understand
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This is beautiful, but it would probably take more time to do it this way than to actually paint it...
Amazing!