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Gold Leafing the Chook Linoprint
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Print Reveal of Rat
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Mackerel Print Details
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Print Reveal of Mackerel
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Gold Leafing Maine Lobster
Video showing the process of applying gold leaf to the Maine lobster linocut print using genuine 22ct rose gold Read more -
Highland Bull Finished Print
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Night Owl Finished Print
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Night Owl Print Reveal
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Highland Bull Linocut Print Reveal
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Making the 'Raven' linocut
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Print Reveal of 'Broc'
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Print Reveal of 'Chook'
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Hand Burnishing
Video showing the traditional printing technique using a glass baren. Paper is laid gently over the inked block, with the top edge of the paper lining up exactly with the top edge of the registration board. The glass baren is used to apply pressure to the back of the paper in smooth circular motions. This is called the burnishing method. The amount of pressure needed varies greatly between different paper types. Thicker and more porous papers require much firmer burnishing than delicate papers like Japanese rice paper. In this video Sunome Senaka paper is being used which measures 787x1092mm and weighs 52gsm. This paper is considered to be vegan as there is no sizing agent/wet strengthening agent/aluminium sulphate included in the paper and it is mostly made out of wood pulp. It is a very thin but tough paper making it ideal for hand burnishing. Read more -
Printing the Raven Linocut
Printing with Chris Pig at Black Pig Printmaking Studio in Frome using a Polymetaal JW-80 printing press. It has a has a very large travelling bed 80cm wide by 160cms long which can accommodate Nicola Wallis large scale linocuts. Chris Pig has been an artist printmaker for 40 years. After studying his MA in Barcelona with Winchester School of Art, he became principal lecturer in Printmaking at City and Islington College for seven years. He left to set up his own studio in Córdoba where he lived for six years before returning to London and working at East London Printmakers. Chris has work in public and private collections throughout the world such as Guangdong Museum of Art China, Douro Museum of Printmaking Portugal, Ashmolean Museum Oxford and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Read more