Puzzle Block 04

Completion Date: 04-28-11
Time Taken: 2 hours
Medium(s):
+ 9 x 5.5 linoleum sheet
+ Scrap wood I found
+ 14 x 10 Reeves BFK (White) printing paper
+Adjusted and watermark added in Photoshop CS2
Music:
+ Nara - E.S. Posthumus
+ Aozora no Namida - Takahashi Hitomi
+ Boundless Love - Yami no Matsuei
+ Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol

Comment:
Our final project in Relief printmaking is something called a Puzzle Block.

Basically you cut up the block you've carved or cut the woodblock into shapes to make an image. Then you ink them up individually and print them together~ Pretty simple unless your design is super complicated. I wanted to do something with just geometric shapes since almost all of my work is figurative or illustrative. I really like this for the simplicity of it, and I'd enjoy doing another if I get the time over the summer.

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