LynneROEBUCKFine Art Printmaker-painter
Linocuts printed in time for November 2008, the submission deadline for a prominent open printmaking exhibition.
The Mini Print exhibition organised by the Printmaker's Council places a severe restriction on the artwork it will consider accepting. Prints must be no bigger than 70 square centimetres. Sounds reasonable put that way, but when you consider it's a print only, say 10cm by 7cm, then that's small, requiring the fine cutting usually associated with woodcut.
Above picture: Plates for three original prints, shown with a UK pound coin for scale. A 'key' plate has already been cut (on the left of each pair). The key plate has been printed onto another second plate ready for cutting. Underneath the prints, you can see some of the preliminary sketches. The middle artwork uses the style established in the 'Headland' seascape print.
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Above: A linocut plate used to print "Headland" after printing has finished. It will be destroyed so as to 'limit' the edition by making it impossible to print any more the same - hence the term "Limited edition".
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A collection of relief prints is currently in production (pictured drying, above). It will include not only new original prints, but also a limited edition of Lynne's very popular "Lighthouse" artwork. Printmaker's ink takes its time to dry completely. The speed it dries at depends on many factors such as the kind of paper used, the thickness it is applied in, what it has been mixed with and the weather conditions. Perhaps the humid conditions we've been experiencing have slowed the process down here so that Lynne, an exacting printmaker greatly concerned with quality, has had to revise her previous optimistic estimate for release of the block print collection to July/August 2008.
Above: The first plate/colour on the "White Horse" (left) and "Headland" (right) original prints.
topThis is the largest original print Lynne has so far attempted. The ink roller, as you can see, is not as wide as the plate. This increases the potential for creating uneven colour in the final print.
Working in the printmaking workshop at Leeds University Lynne managed to produce only one satisfactory artist's proof of "Flamborough Lighthouse" due to her commitment to her Masters at the time. The single print was accepted in 2008 by Scarborough Art Gallery and displayed in their East Coast Open exhibition. Now in a private collection.
Linocut plates, woodcut and linocut tools, preliminary sketch and a finished framed original print.
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