Crossbill: Reduction Linocut Step by Step

[Music] hi guys welcome to my first video in this video I'll be showing you how I make my line you can't cross deal which is a three layer reduction linocut and you'll see what I mean in a second so I made little video clips of the process each step of the way and I'll also be talking about why I'm doing what I'm doing and it's awesome using but we can start from the beginning here is the original sketch I made with an ink pen it's a parrot cross real skeleton I saw in Sweden's Natural History Museum collection this is a Red Cross view in real life and transferred the design to the block and started by sharpening my carving tools when I post videos of me making stuff on Instagram people often ask about the tools I'm using which is why I put the names of the tools right here on the screen this one for example is called slip stroke 10 points for alliteration before I carved the first layer and actually masking a large area on the liner block so I won't smudge anything while I carved I'm taking down the halftone dots in the background one row at a time once they are out of the way the more satisfying part begins now let's drop the beat and watch the car [Music] I'm doing something called registration since I'll be printing three layers for this print I have this system to make sure the paper and the liner box aligns perfectly each time I'm inking the first layer in the greenhouse I taped down smooth the top liner on my coffee mat to register the block itself the first layer will be in a very light bluish grey color after you put paper down on the block want to burnish it a little on the back shout-out to print frogs are awesome glass tyrants you've washed this long so you deserve some pillow for the darker blue you see here is actually the oil-based ink lifting up my marker pen drawing which in this case I don't really mind because it will be covered by the later stages second layer yay for the previous layer I essentially carved away everything that's white on the design and for this second layer I'll be carving away everything I want to stay gray which is all the detailed shadowy parts on the cross pew [Music] I'll be printing this layer in the warm and very subtle gradient sorry I don't have the clip of the ink being rolled out but life isn't perfect right you can still watch it go on the birthday cleaning the edges with a baby wipe use the reminder of how the first layer looks it's a later one in the Edition so it's called slightly less marker pen ink this print was really born out of my fascination with how majestic and prehistoric the tiny bird skeleton looks and I wanted to create something like the half turns off that sort of plays tricks with your eyes and see how that plays out with a linocut hand carving process again very subtle gradient the look at that ink third and final layer is when we say hello to the power tool and goodbye to the does it put me some experimenting to find the most efficient bits to use for this one you can probably tell I'm no expert on power tools so if you find any better way to do this leave a comment below and let me know i'm slaughtering all the dots because i'll be printing just the outlines in solid lines here's the block after all the dremel option later i carved away all the sauce closer to this design with a gouge [Music] inking the final layer if you have large white space like this one you can either make a musk when inking your printing or do what I'm doing and wipe off the excess ink as for Jojo this is the previous layer if you look closely you can see how the print frog makes little rainbows in the zone the products almost dissipating as physics itself by the way none of the companies mentioned in this video are sponsoring me but it'll be shirt the final reveal peel in total this took about a month and I taught myself video editing with light works and make this video the clips are recorded on my far away p9 phone you can see my setup in the greenhouse and also a comparison of the 3 layers [Music] this is a limited-edition of 30 handmade linocut print on mulberry paper you can find more information on them and purchase them on my website the link will come up on the screen if you've enjoyed this video give it a thumbs up I do appreciate that it's my first video subscribe feel free to share the video on social media but since I have no idea what my next video is coming out you should definitely follow me on my Instagram when I post a lot more behind the scenes photos and videos and selfie [Music] thanks for watching now go make something [Music]

Channel: Tian Gan

Views: 125,022

Rating: 4.9696703 out of 5

Keywords: crafting, art, linocut, printmaking, bird, anatomy, artist, handmade

Id: 1o4-z_0sa9U

Length: 6min 53sec (413 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 19 2017