Happy to show you these freshly finished new reduction linoleum prints! I printed 12 colour layers for this piece. I think a little explanation is in order here, since I printed the same yellow a total of 5 times at different moments in the process. After each color I printed this yellow one again so that a family of colors was created. Using the transparency of this yellow, a beautiful range of green tones has been created for the leaves without using green ink. It’s a limited edition print run of 34 prints.
For each colour layer I did carve more linoleum away from one plate. As a result, the linoleum block is reduced to almost nothing and not suitable anymore for reprinting. I noticed from the comments on previous post that some think I do a lot of planning with these reduction prints, this is actually not the case. I’m not much of a planner at all. And I think this would deminish the fun making process a great deal. But of course I do make a lot of colour test in between the layers. I do mix the colors myself. Each colour has to dry in between printing layers, at least 24 hours, depending of the weather and the colour.
Since all prints are hand printed, each print is slightly different from the other, with small imperfections that make each copy so beautiful and unique.
DETAILS
- Printed on Strathmore paper, ‘natural white’, 184 lb.
- Paper size 11 x 14 inch
- Image 8.27 x 11.42 inch, with underneath the signature, year and number
Suzanne Kruisdijk 