Brighton Marathon 2014 runners drawings

I'm planning a large-scale multi-layered lino print based on the Brighton 2014 marathon.

Here are some initial drawings I've been doing with coloured pens and pencils.

First proofs of three prints I've been working on

 

Wimbledon crowd - linocut

  Escalator - woodcut. Block before being inked-up.

The block inked up

And the print

Southern Rail Train Carriage Woodcut

carving out a new linocut - 'Tennis Crowd'

  

'Rain' woodcut prints

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'Colourful Characters' - chine collé woodcut prints

 

 

Interview with me on The Print Dept blog

 

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More Café Woodcut experimenting

I bought a trial pack of Japanese papers to try with the woodcut I'm working on. Here I'm using a lightbox to see under the Japanese paper to print I did a couple of days ago that is now dry. I've stuck down cut-out pieces of colour tissue paper which I'm then going to print over the top of.

This is how the Japanese paper sample (Kozu shi) looks with the coloured tissue paper without the lightbox behind.

Once I've inked up the woodcut block and laid the paper faced down over the top, I'm now using a barren to apply pressure and create the print. This is a Kean relief baren, made using lots of tiny ball bearings, which I'm trying out.

 

Trying out Kitakata paper.