Website created and designed by Katie Caulk copyright 2011
WHAT IS LINOCUT?
LINOCUT is a printmaking technique similar to woodcut (but easier) in which linoleum is carved using tools similar to woodcut tools to cut and gouge away the negative areas. After rolling ink onto the relief image, heavy archival paper (either handmade or machinemade ) is pressed on top. After sufficient hand-pressing & inking, I pull the print, then re-ink and pull another. After studying Picasso and Matisse's MULTI-COLOR LINOCUTS I began employing the reductive print method, using a single lino block for all colors. Essentially, after each successive color is imprinted onto the paper, I clean the lino plate and cut away what will not be imprinted for the subsequent applied color. As a result my print editions are extremely limited.
Each linocut is numbered and signed in pencil. Linocut images have, at minimum, a 1" border.
Click an image for a larger view plus details. Please direct questions to k_caulk@yahoo.com. THANKS so much for looking!
This page was last updated: October 14, 2011
E X H I B I T S
ART WALK Oct. 8th from 11 to 5. TENTH anniversary!
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C O N T E M P O R A R Y H A N D - P R I N T E D L I N O C U T S
Island Musicians
two linocuts
printed on one
sheet, $100
