Reduction Linocut    

Edition 21
Oil based ink
Somerset paper
15 x 15cm

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

This is a small edition of only 21 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.

The artwork features a blue tit, a frequent garden visitor, perched in a winter rose bush with hips. 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.