I'm writing to encourage you to GO FOR IT with your Relief / Lino / Woodblock printing .
I've made up a file if you want to make your own versions of my original lino blocks. It's available on "XR Volunteers" in the files section, BLOCK_Library_cutting_list_V1.pdf
The PDF is all to scale, the size of the objects suited to human form, the art board is 1220mm wide by 2440mm.
Off course you can do whatever you want , you've got the font !! You can draw or copy a photo, I use photos a lot as reference.
Another part of the file is tailored towards making up blocks by having one or two layers of thin ply lazercut and then glued onto wooden blocks. I did a few like that as a test, but I really like cutting them by hand. With each block I cut I become faster and learn stuff, and it's meditative.
Another option is to have blocks CNC cut, this is using a computer controlled router and should be perfect for these clean geometric shapes. So if you know anyone with access then off you go !!!
We are planning to get some sets made, but I have no idea how many or how long it will take. Rather than wait I would encourage you to get stuck in. I am sure you can find an expert in your area to help. Also I now try to print a colour for dark fabric and one for light so having duplicates is really nice.
But the whole thing of printing on peoples existing clothing at an action , in the middle of the road, like the ROADBLOCK PARTY in Dalston, is awesome and since they get such a choice of words and images they get involved on a creative process and can tell a little story on their Rebellious bodies .... it's fucking great ... they love it, for us it's totally exhausting but also great.
Listening to a Rogers lecture at King's has made me realise just how transformational that act could be !
If you wanna make your own version of the skull or other images they will all be available in another post soonish . . .
In the foreground I am making up at 62mm WE'RE . BEYOND . FUCKED
After watching Rogers talk at Amnesty I'm all over BEYOND FUCKED, but the rest of the Art group want WE'RE FUCKED since it shows that we're all gonna get fucked together !!!!
I am carving them all together in process way, and will separate them soon. I'm following the Japanese method of using "Principle Knife" to delineate the shapes, holding it Japanese style, then gouging out the access, then using a flat to finish it off. This is what happens when you buy a set of Japanese tools
I am carving them all together in process way, and will separate them soon. I'm following the Japanese method of using "Principle Knife" to delineate the shapes, holding it Japanese style, then gouging out the access, then using a flat to finish it off. This is what happens when you buy a set of Japanese tools
All designs and images are copyrighted and cannot be for commercial use, but they are free for non-commercial use.
The pretty pictures where made by Louise Riley there she is holding that giant woodblock, thats the only one I did not make . . . . . . .
