Linocuts…..more than just cutting the white
I have just finished carving 5 out of 6 linos which are for wine lables at the Jack Russel Wine Company. I am really loving making the artwork for this project.
Lino cut is about much more than just carving away the white areas. Its about finding a mark that describes the essence that subject. So you are carving away the white areas of water with a different mark than you are carving away grass, t-shirt differently from skin. Like markmaking in drawing, brushmark in painting the carved mark becomes an expression of the subject matter. One more to go……
To find out about earlier in the process click here Do not feel constrained by these constraints. To see my linocuts for sale go to my etsy shop