“Vintage Crockery at the Blythe Cricket” is a series of six 18” x 24” prints created using the reductive or elimination method of linocut.  This piece took more than three months to complete.  It began as a ten-print series.  Six of the full-sized prints will be sold.  Four of the ten prints will be cut into smaller works.

The reductive method of linocut involves a number of color overprints made from a single piece of linoleum, with more of the linoleum being cut away for each overprinted color. 

On this piece, the first parts carved out of the linoleum were what remains white on the print, and a light grey was inked over the linoleum.  Then the piece was run through the press, transferring the grey ink to paper.  Then the portions that remain grey on the print (the lighter shadows) were carved away and darker grey tones were applied over the linoleum. Then the paper was again run through the press, transferring the ink onto the paper.  The print was run through the press with different color inks approximately ten times in the following order: light grey, grey, light yellow, yellow, light orange, orange, light green, green, dark green, red, blue, and black. 

By the end of the reductive process, the linoleum is almost entirely carved away and no additional prints can be made. 

A framed version of “Vintage Crockery at the Blythe Cricket” was on display at the Old Dockton Press Studios during the Vashon Island Studio Tour on May 4-5 and it is now SOLD! (and off to a good home).

This price is for one of only six prints (unframed).