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New Reduction Linocut – Peace Cat and Bird
I just finished editioning (23 – a nice prime number!) my latest reduction linocut. Since reduction printing is such a unique technique, I wanted to share a few of the steps of the process:
for the first layer, I carved the white parts of the design, then inked the block with the lightest color.
After carving away the area where I want the lightest ink to show (from the same block) I re-ink with the SECOND lightest color, and put the print through the press for a second time.
Between each color, I clean the block off, and carve again to create the block for each layer of color
Here’s layer 3. Hot off the press!
By the end of the process, there isn’t much left of the block–just whatever you need for the final layer of ink
This technique forces the print to be a limited edition, because the process destroys each color block as the print develops.
This print is a limited edition of 23: printed on a heavyweight, acid free, 100% post consumer recycled paper.
Community Scratch Block Casting Project Dedication
Last year, I was honored to have been invited by the Charles T Cotterill Foundation to create a design for a scratch block casting project for downtown Maysville.
The project was led by Jeremy Colbert and executed by his staff and students at the University of Kentucky Sculpture and Metal Arts department
The carving for the art was done by hundreds of Mason County students: from Mason County Intermediate School, and St. Patrick’s School.
My idea for the artwork was: the space where the art is displayed is a gateway
when visitors come to Maysville via boat-the tunnel is the gateway to the city; which is illustrated on the East wall.
when people from Maysville walk to the river – the tunnel is a gateway to the RIVER; Ilustrated on the West wall.
Art brings community together!
It’s been wonderful to work with this amazing group of people.
Maysville has been an inspirational and supportive community that allowed me to live my dream of being a full time artist. It’s been an honor to be a part of such a cool art project in my home town!
Thanks again to the Charles T. Cotterill Foundation and all who made this project possible!New Reduction Linocut – Bear on Bike
Reduction Linocuts are a fun way to print with more than one color, using just one block
Layer 1 of the print-the block is on the far left, the ink on the right, and examples of the print in the center You have to do some planning. For the first layer, you carve the white areas away, then print with the lightest color.
Layer 2 – the print with (now with 2 layers) in the foreground, the block is further in the distance Then you carve the block again, removing all the areas where you want the light color to remain.
Continue the process until the design is finished!
Prints using this technique are extra special, because the block for each color is destroyed as part of the process–creating a limited edition that can not ever be re printed.
All that remains of the block after printing the third and final color Would you like to add one of these cuties to your art collection?
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This edition is limited to 25 prints – so get one now before they all pedal away!
New Reduction Linocut – Pig In Corn
It’s been a while since I’ve made a reduction linocut, but this idea of a cute little piggy in a cornfield was stuck in my imagination, and I had to get it out.
this technique is fun, because it lets you make prints with more than one color–using just one block.
the final layer–all that’s left of the block is the black design after printing each layer of color, I carve a little more from the block to create the next color’s layer. The process destroys the block as you work, making these kinds of prints a special limited edition. There’s no going back if you make a mistake or want to print more.
This print is an edition of 15. If you’d like to add one to your collection, click the image below for more details and information on how to order.
Limited Edition Reduction Linocut $35 – Click image to order New Reduction Linocut – Pig
It’s been a while since I’ve made a reduction linocut, but this idea of a cute little piggy in a cornfield was stuck in my imagination, and I had to get it out.
this technique is fun, because it lets you make prints with more than one color–using just one block.
the final layer–all that’s left of the block is the black design after printing each layer of color, I carve a little more from the block to create the next color’s layer. The process destroys the block as you work, making these kinds of prints a special limited edition. There’s no going back if you make a mistake or want to print more.
This print is an edition of 15. If you’d like to add one to your collection, click the image below for more details and information on how to order.
Limited Edition Reduction Linocut $35 – Click image to order Just arrived home after a week at Arrowmont!
I just got back home after a wonderful week at Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts: ‘considering the teapot’ with Yoko Sekino-Bové.
I need some time to process everything I learned, but in the meantime, here’s a snapshot with 5 of my projects from the workshop.
These pots have been fired once, but still need to be glaze fired.
stay tuned and I’ll share more once I get settled back into my home routine.Kiln Firing 15 July 2024
We just took some brand spankin’ new pots out of the kiln
Hand thrown porcelain lidded Jars
click the arrows or swipe to see all 7 Jars
Painted Porcelain cups
another new technique–no carving into the clay, just brushwork on the surface
click the arrows or swipe to see all 7 cups
Sgraffito – classic and multi colored
click the arrows or swipe to see all 9 cups
I don’t ship pots, so you’ll have to come see them in person! I’ll be out of town from July 20-29, so I hope to see you before or after that time!
Brushwork on Pottery
You might remember a couple of months ago I made a bunch of forms during the spring pentaculum residency at Arrowmont?
I’ve been blocked, and unable to finish them because they have already been fired. My normal technique is to decorate while the clay is still wet–allowing me to carve and scratch and inlay the surface.
With a fired pot, I have less options-the obvious one is to brush underglaze designs, which is a little bit out of my comfort zone.
After a few hours of painting, I gotten into a flow of using just underglaze and a brush–instead of carving, and I’m really happy with the surface designs I’ve created so far!
stay tuned to see the cups after the final glaze firing!
Updates from the clay studio-sugar bowl lids
I’m getting ready to take a teapot workshop with Yoko Sekino-Bové at Arrowmont later this month. I’ve been making a LOT of cups recently, so I’m confident making handles, but a TEAPOT has more than just a handle.
I want to improve my LIDS, and thought sugar/salt/jelly/honey/spice jars are the perfect way to practice.
All of these jars are unfired, but the surface design is finished. I learned a lot with the first grouping. and feel more confident making a flanged lid.
I’m looking forward to firing these pots soon. Will update when they are ready!stay tuned!
Flower Paint day with Rob and Dawn in Old Washington
I like to meet friends to paint on wednesdays. it’s been too hot to paint outside, so we have been painting florals.
I have always painted from life using the ‘indirect painting method’, where I have a monochrome underpainting, to establish values, then cover it with color after the values are all worked out. I like that style and separating the two (value and color) but with oils, the underpainting will soften the vibrance of the colors. I like that effect for most subjects, but flowers are all about the COLOR, and I wanted to try and make my colors brighter.
I decided to paint small, so that I could learn the new technique fast. Here is my first painting of hibiscus flowers.
It felt very strange to work on a white panel, mixing color and value at the same time, but I’m happy with how it turned out!
my second painting was of an arrangement with butterfly bush and queen anne’s lace. Now that I am over the shock of mixing and applying paint different, I’m excited to keep exploring this technique!
My friends:
Rob Weingartner
Dawn Kincaid
Thanks so much Dawn, for putting the beautiful still lives together–and thanks both of you for the wonderful day of painting!!!
