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I’ve been working on a series of prints that combine linocuts and woodcuts titled, Fleeting Moment. They’re multicolor prints made on white Rives BFK paper using my Conrad monotype press. The series includes five prints so far, each being unique.
Fleeting Moment V (2024) - Woodcut and Linocut Print
I posted a video on Instagram of a woodblock layer being printed on Fleeting Moment III.
These are several other relief prints in this series.
The California Society of Printmakers’ 110th Annual Membership Exhibition has opened at Santa Rosa Junior College. I have a linocut print in this show that runs from October 28–December 5, 2024.
My linocut print in the exhibition - Over and Along II (2024)
The show features over 100 artworks, numerous events and is being exhibited in the Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery.
2024 CSP Exhibition at Santa Rosa Junior College
These are a couple small abstract linoleum block prints that I made. I hand carved the patterns and printed the linocuts on 8“x10” paper. These open edition prints are titled, Askew I and Currents I, and are available on Etsy.
Currents I - Abstract Block Print
I’ll have a booth at the San Francisco Center for the Book’s annual printmaking festival called Roadworks. It’s a great event that I’ve participated in many times. As the SFCB says,
“Roadworks is a family-friendly, daylong block party featuring public printmaking, bookmaking, and hands-on art activities. It celebrates printmaking and the art of the book in a spectacular way: printing 3’ by 3’ carved linoleum blocks using a 7-ton 1924 Buffalo Springfield steamroller.”
SFCB's 20th Annual Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival
Where: 375 Rhode Island Street (between 16th & 17th Streets) in San Francisco, CA
When: Sunday, September 24, 2023: 11am – 4pm
I’m excited to be teaching an upcoming reduction linocut class at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California. It consists of three Saturday sessions on July 8, 15 and 22, 2023. Here’s a summary of the in-person linoleum block printing class.
Introduction to Reductive Linocut - This class is an introduction to relief printing with linoleum. Students will also learn how to make reduction prints using a technique to make multicolor prints from one linoleum block. Students will learn the step-by-step process that will take their initial design ideas to a small final edition of prints. Topics we’ll cover include linocut supplies, carving techniques, print registration and printing with an etching press. No prior printmaking experience is necessary.
Linocut Class at Kala in July 2023
IFPDA’s Print Month in October 2021 featured an online program called, Prints in Relief; Print Study Day Presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The IFPDA is the International Fine Print Dealers Association. One of the three speakers was Rachel Mustalish, Conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, who gave a talk titled, Linocuts: Making and Meaning.
I recently went back and watched it on YouTube and thought it was a compelling introduction to linocut printmaking, including its early days. The lino printing portion of the video starts at about the 58:33 mark.
Some of the subjects she touches on in the talk are:
The invention of linoleum.
The basics of making a linocut print.
The Lark, May (1895) by Bruce Porter and other early linocut work.
The aesthetic characteristics of a linocut and comparisons to woodcut.
Linocut examples from Matisse, Claude Flight, Sybil Andrews, Lill Tschudi, Cyril Power and Picasso.
The style and influence of artists associated with the British Grosvenor School.
Contemporary approaches to linocut from artists such as Chuck Close, Bill Woodrow, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk and Kara Walker.
You might watch it if you’re interested in the history of the medium.
