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REDUCTION LINOCUT PROCESS

All of the prints shown under this heading have been created using the Reduction Linocut Process. Each print has been made from a separate block of linoleum that I cut and printed from multiple times. As Laura Boswell explains in her book "Linocut and Reduction Printmaking" "The printmaker begins by printing the first layer of colour, usually the palest tone. They then cut away any areas of the lino block they wish to remain that first colour. Once cut, the block is inked with the next colour and printed again. The fresh ink covers the paler layer, except where the lino has been cut away. The printmaker then repeats this process., gradually cutting more of the block away, layering the ink in increasingly darker colours until the design is complete"