Linoprint

Now I'm ready to print my block of wood. I'm going to repeat the process I did earlier, by lying the block upside down, so that I can get it fairly centered onto my piece of paper....

These two prints were both hand printed, and here we can see a difference in the paper. There's also a difference in the subject matter, granted. But here we have again, this is that Kiti Cata...

These two prints were both printed on a press but here we can see the difference is paper really changes the quality in how the print appears. This is a heavily textured Japanese paper that is really...

To show printing the block of wood, I've taken a block of wood that I've already carved. And, one of the reasons why I chose this one is because there are large areas that have carved...

Now the traditional method for hand printing is with a wooden spoon. This is a wooden spoon that I have been printing with for a long time. As you can see, it's been through a lot. One of the...

Now as I mentioned before, your carve marks, even in the areas where you're carving away a lot of the wood, is going to show up to a certain extent in your print. It's very difficult...

Now that I have the outline of my paper and I've centered my block where I want it to be, giving a significant amount of weight to the bottom, I'm going to use these pieces of...