'Min pappa' reduction woodcut

DESCRIPTION

A reduction wood-cut on thick acid-free Somerset white paper showing a little chick and its rooster father.

DETAILS

• titled: min pappa

• reduction wood-cut

• the image is 45 x 25 cm.

• this print is edition number 5/7.

• printed on thick Somerset acid-free paper.

TRIVIA

This print was created for my father. ‘Min Pappa’ meaning ‘My Dad’ in Swedish.
It’s about the pride a small person can have in their father. Looking up in admiration at this majestic person that happens to be your dad.
It’s a reduction wood-cut, which means you start off by removing any bits that you want white from the woodblock. You decide on how many prints you hope to make, and then print all of them together. After you have printed the first colour (which is usually the lightest) you cut into the woodblock again removing the bits that will be the colour just printed. You cut into the woodblock and print as many layers and colours as you like. But always removing, so there is no going back to fix old mistakes you discover along the way. You just have to roll with it.
It takes a bit of planning out in your head, but it’s a straightforward technique that leaves you little room to faff about.