PRINTING

Unfortunately, I was ill the day we did the printing workshop in class. So I have decided to include the next best thing—a piece that I did in another class this semester that grasps the same concept. Instead of printing my name, I printed a buck head.

First I needed to draw up a rough of what I wanted the print to look like. This took very little time, and I was able to figure out a game plan fairly quickly. I then had to simplify and designate which parts of the design were going to be black and which ones were going to be white. As you know, the white segments of the piece are what were carved out of the linoleum, and the remaining embossed design is what is printed in black.

Then I carbon copied the drawing onto the linoleum and colored in with a sharpie what I wanted to be black. The remaining blank areas I then carved out, in a manner that would create the illusion of abstract texture.

Once all of that mess was done, I inked the “plate” and ran it through a press. And voila! My buck head print was complete.

I have done this project before, and I plan to do it again in the future. While it is not my FAVORITE thing in the world, I still find it entertaining, and the possibilities of what can be done with the prints are nearly endless. However, it is time consuming and fairly messy, which I guess are just prices I pay for pursuing a career in the graphic arts.