Reduction Linocut    

Edition 12
Oil based ink
Somerset paper
20.5 × 23cm (circular image) Paper size 28cm x 37.5cm

Please note: All linocuts are supplied packaged flat, unframed and mount not included.

This is a small edition of only 12 linocut prints. It was printed by hand on my etching press using the reduction technique (see Below) . As each print is build up from many layers, each inked and printed separately there are very slight differences between each print. Each print is numbered, titled and signed. Your print will arrive wrapped in glassine paper in a card folder using Royal Mail signed for on delivery in the uk …Packaging and postage cost included in the sale price.

The artwork features a blackbird, a frequent garden visitor, amongst roses and geum flowers. It was inspired by watching birds in my own garden.

Reduction lino cut method

One lino block is used to create a multi coloured image. Parts of the lino are carved away and a colour printed. Further areas are then carved away and another colour printed and so on, building up layers of colour.

The lino block is destroyed in the process, making the edition limited and unrepeatable. The process is time consuming, each piece of work is printed using oil based inks and Somerset paper and is unique as no two prints are quite the same.