reduction linocut (2 layers), 29.7cm x 42cm (A3)

limited edition of 12 prints on bunkoshi select paper

$110 · available for purchase in person or online at Belconnen Arts Centre

about

I first had the idea for this print during a trip to Seoul in autumn, which—just like our autumns in canberra—was awash in yellow leaves. The composition was also partly inspired by a painting I saw on that trip by Park Rehyun (Woman, 1942), where the central female figure is turned away from the viewer, deep in her own thoughts.

This print was carved out of linoleum and printed using oil-based relief inks on a 100-year-old Albion book press at Megalo Print Studio in Kingston, as well as by hand using a bamboo baren. The block was carved, printed in black, carved again, then printed in a mixture of gold and copper inks.

materials and equipment used

‘Shanghai’ brand double-sided red carbon paper for design image transfer

silk cut (battleship grey) artists’ linoleum

cranfield caligo professional oil-based relief printing ink

u- and v-gouges by pfeil, powergrip (mikisyo) and michihamono