I finally scanned in my last woodbock print from my printmaking class. I only scanned the white paper versions of this varied edition; the other papers were cream colored and black. The registration is off, but this was basically how they came out looking. I grouped them for easier viewing pleasures.
This project took me a long time to complete. Looks pretty simple right? SOOOO WRONG. This was my first reduction print, which basically means that I only use one piece of wood for the entire edition. I did 12 of them which started off with me making one cut into the wood, then printing all 12 of them, making another cut into the wood, printing that mark onto the same 12 pieces of paper, and then so on until you are done. I procrastinated on the printing so it ended up with me printing all within one night for about 7 hours straight. I was soooo exhausted. Maybe that is why I have been putting off my scans for this assignment. It may look like a simple piece, and it was for the first 3 cuts and prints, but when it got down to the text, I had to cut away all the wood around the text so that the text was the only thing raised and then printed it. That alone took me an hour to cut away (record time for me.) I don't think I will EVER again do a reduction print, unless I was for sure gonna sell them all for about $500 bucks a pop.
When I get some scans in of my first silkscreen project I'll post the up as well :) Enjoy!
1 comment:
wow... that is a long process, but the results are sooooo cool!!! I love how you do birds!!! I can't wait to see more :)
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