Linocut Feedback request

**Ripley** · 10-09-2009, 01:42 AM

I've been posting pics of my paintings in the danger non-gig thread for a couple years.

I thought I would post a pic of my first official gig-poster and try to get a little feedback.

15" x 22" three color hand carved/pressed linocut on Stonehenge for YMSB.
I press the prints like a caveman using a baren.

Please let me know what you think.

**FRITTE** · 10-09-2009, 01:51 AM

I like it.
Thick layer of paint. Oil?

**Ripley** · 10-09-2009, 01:53 AM

Yeah, oil based block printing inks (Renaissance ink)
burnishing the inks onto paper with the baren = heavy build up of ink on top layers. First layer get absorbed by paper.

**FRITTE** · 10-09-2009, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by Ripley

I press the prints like a caveman using a baren.

Cool, but if the run is more than 10 i would prefer a press.

I never get good results with water based ink.

**whitt_amore** · 10-09-2009, 02:28 AM

sweet. i love the detail pic. great job

**Bahr** · 10-09-2009, 05:04 AM

I think Ripley has an incredible ability to concentrate.

**Ripley** · 10-09-2009, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by FRITTE

Cool, but if the run is more than 10 i would prefer a press.

I never get good results with water based ink.

this run was 100 three color

I made a non-gig linocut earlier this year which was a run of 200 three color prints and was almost served divorce papers by my wife.

**boatdreams** · 10-09-2009, 07:06 AM

Really nice!
But jeez, that must have taken a long time.

**steve w** · 10-09-2009, 07:31 AM

wow.
My first few gigposters were linocuts, but nowhere near as nice.
I switched to screen-printing because of the gouges in my hands
and because it's a nightmare when you carve a mis-spelling and have to start over

**squeegeethree** · 10-09-2009, 07:56 AM

very nice.

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