the continuing conversation between art and life
One of my favourite linocut artists, Eric Gaskell, has generously made a video of his process in sketching landscape through to the final print from linocut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3115ZuXESE
Angela was awarded a fellowship to research - she brought together the music of Claudio Monteverdi and the engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi into 2 huge linocuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0oWrgfd9iE The scale of the work is impressive. In some parts of the video, she is shown lying on one side on a pillow, so that she is able …
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Tian Gan, a graphic designer is experimenting with making her linocut and rubber stamp works into temporary tattoos. Form an orderly queue please, no shoving at the back. The 2 different style sheets you can choose from are: Appropriately, these items are found on her website filed under "other awesomeness": http://gantian.se/shop-other The tattoo sheets are …
I just came across the work of this artist and linocut maker - he makes very English landscape views - churches and canals. Also, coloured prints and paintings of still life, viewable on his website: http://www.egdesign.co.uk/ http://www.canalprints.co.uk/hiRes/colourfulLock.htm Here's the video (of still photos) showing the many processes which went into the making of this print: …
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