Reduction printmaking

At the Leeds Print Festival I had a number of conversations with people about reduction linocut prints, where I heard of other people’s successes and told of my failures. That’s not ent…

Hello, Print Friend on Instagram: "Six layer reduction linocut by @gracegillespieart 😍🖤 . . . . #linocut #reductionlinocut #reductionlinoprint #printmaking"

Reduction Printmaking: In relief printing, a reduction print is a multicolor print in which the separate colors are printed from the same block. Usually, the lightest color is printed first and then the block is "reduced" by carving away certain areas to prepare the plate for the next color. The disadvantage of reduction printmaking is that once the print is complete, the process cannot be duplicated. The linocut is a printmaking technique similar to that of the woodcut, the difference bei

Hélène Bautista Printmaker on Instagram: “« When night is falling »- Today’s print - Linocut by reduction 2020 . .#imprint #imprinted #linogravure #linocut #artprints #inked…”

Reduction Printmaking: In relief printing, a reduction print is a multicolor print in which the separate colors are printed from the same block. Usually, the lightest color is printed first and then the block is "reduced" by carving away certain areas to prepare the plate for the next color. The disadvantage of reduction printmaking is that once the print is complete, the process cannot be duplicated. The linocut is a printmaking technique similar to that of the woodcut, the difference bei

Reduction Printmaking, 3 colors, Dizapayt Mount, Armenia

I took a sketch from my sketchbook and worked on adapting it to print as a color linocut.I separated the layers into two lino plates - one for the blue layer and another one for the orange/black layer. So only the second one is a reduction print I guess.I really like how the colors came out, but unfortunately I still need to perfect my registration method. This experiment went better than other ones I have done before (as in multi-color linocut prints), but there is still a lot of room for…

Reduction linocut print created with two layers.