Tulips

A collection of Tulips in Linocut. A reduction linocut is a totally handmade print. No machines are used. Only one piece of Lino is used throughout the process and so no prints can be reproduced. I draw the image I want to create on the Lino, in reverse. Using carving tools I take away all the lightest parts which will be the colour of the paper, I then ink up the Lino with a colour and press this onto some thick printing paper. Anything I want to be that colour I carve away and ink up the next colour and so the process goes until the image appears. This print went through this process 8 times, to achieve the final image. I used oil based Caligo artist inks and the paper is Somerset velvet in soft white. Paper size is approx 16.2 x 20.2cm and the image size is 10.2 by 14.6 cm. This will fit a standard 6" x 4" photo frame.