The brief was for a large (and by large I mean around A2 size) print showing the 4 wind turbines at Marr village just off the A1 near Doncaster. Much larger than I would normally choose to work and completing the print was quite a challenge which stretched me well out of my comfort zone.
Registration of a print this size was a bit of a problem. The block was bigger than my printing jig and I had to cobble together a more Heath Robinson arrangement with mount board and masking tape. In the end I lost 2 out of an intended edition of 5 to sloppy registration.
Block cut for the first colour and placed against the registration marks.
The finished print
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Turbines at Marr
17 colour reduction linocut.
400mm x 600mm
Edition of 3
4 comments:
Really nice, Stuart! Definitely a departure for you, but you handled it really well. As usual, the composition is spot on.
I know how uncomfortable it can be to stretch your methods. I am about to bring a PRESS into the studio. A big one! I'm nervous about having to sort out an entirely new way to work.
Hi Sherrie
Glad you like it. It was a bit of a departure. Hope all goes well with the press. I must admit getting one is something I've been considering, I just need to make some space first.
Hi Stuart, this one was well worth the effort, it's a superb print.
Thanks Keith,
really enjoyed this but it was a lot of colours on a big print to rub by hand.
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