Crossbill: Reduction Linocut Step by Step
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Yo! Welcome to my first video :) In this video you'll see my process of making Crossbill, a 3-layer reduction linocut print (aka suicide print) of a bird skeleton. I'll be talking about the relief printing technique, the tools I'm using, and the inspiration behind the print.
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I'm Tian Gan, a printmaker and graphic designer based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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It's been ages since I have done a print myself but *this video must be one of the most professional lino printing vids on YT!* Bonus points for awesome drawing skills, the use of the Ternes-Burton system and for mentioning that being able to hone your tools is an essential skill when doing block printing! Also, I will add "peel porn" to my vocabulary...
Addendum: extra points for using "real" ink (and not the lifeless water-based goop that people seem to like these days)! ... oh, and a solid carbide burr (the ones that are used for the clean-up of weld beads) works great in a rotary tool and can be cleaned with a fine steel brush w/o getting dull! You can also use a flexible axle... less strain on the wrists and easier to control...
I’m so relieved you said it took a month, I thought I was doing something wrong with mine as I’m pressing the print for what feels like forever. Beautiful work.
Your crossbill skeleton is crazy detailed, wow. I can only dream to be able to draw that well and accurately, let alone carve a lino print of it.
i fell asleep watching linocuts and woke up to this playing, by far the most fun ive had watching one of them, thank you for taking the time to film and edit this!
Nice job. Glad to see demonstration of tool sharpening and the registration method. Love the glass idea for printing. Always learning. I'm 77 and loving my linocut hobby.
bein a teen who just got into linocuts and prints, this was super interesting to see a recorded process!! makes me super excited to try doin the reduction process instead of multiple blocks instead!
Honestly, the second layer was frankly the most astonishing and the most sexiest of the 3
Great color choise / sweeps and great feeling.
i tend to keep all my matrix (mold). one mold for each layer. That way i can reprint it when i want. Great job!
Nice to see registration pins still being used. Learned about them in a printing class some 30 years ago.
Super professional video for your first one!! Great print.
Perfect demonstration on reduction printing. The final piece is stunning
This is really brilliant. Thanks for taking us through the stages, fascinating to watch.
Outstanding work. I am amazed at the quality of the print without using a press.
Incredibly informative!! Thank you so much for showing us your process! Your work is beautiful.
Really impressive quality linocutting taken to an art form I've dabbled without a clearcut procedure but after watching you this takes the linocut to another level thankyou
Ma'am, you are awesome. No words or phrases enough to praise your work. If VO was your own very crystal. Great job indeed, may the lord be with you.
I hope you are well. I would love to see more of your work.
You are are amazing artist, and to figure out the computer/camera stuff is way beyond me. Great Job. Nothing can stop you from getting where you want to go in life!
That's incredibly sweet. Thank you!
Absolutely stunning and so much attention to detail and patience. I’m in awe and can’t wait to get more work done myself. I’ve been practicing and I’m ready to make more designs of my own now. Your work is gorgeous!
Very impressive your work is very clean and I respect that, the technique is good and it is a pleasure to see your video, good luck and I hope you upload more videos.
Thank you!
Nice to meet you Tian Gan, from South Korea, and Thank you for your good video :)
Great video and gorgeous print and design!
Very impressive, thanks for sharing this. I like the idea of the registration pins. I thought about making my own pins, but after checking their website & seeing how cheap they are, I'll just buy them. Thanks again!
With the dremel, I'd say high speed cutting bits and engraving bur's would work well for you.
Loved your explanation and the sharing of information about baby wipes (wondered how you clean up edges you don't want printed), and your registration process. Loved the different colours of nail polish too! Fun.
Hay hay, do you still make content? This was really edicational and making my own reduction print for the first time, its reassuring to see other print makers on the art community
Thats really sad, you cant reproduce this awesome masterpiece. No other color experiments :( It looks so amazing
Traditionally they are supposed to be limited
As far as putting them in galleries, selling them in such manner, etc.
Artist has to sign them with a # + how many ( 234/1000) or they aren't "Legalized" and its bad news. Have been issues/lawsuits etc. with artists who died and their kids or other relatives made "New" prints with stuff they found. Art teacher didn't tell us direct but said "Many artists just take a knife/saw across the Linoleum once done with the print run..."
However, if you aren't a "Fine Artiste" who's uncle owns the local gallery and are a true "Outsider"/"Indie" and you carve them out to make a promo poster for your favorite (or better PAYING) goth punk band - well SAVE the thing. Leave blanks to fill in with like cut out computer print or different stamps so "Drakulaz Codpiece" can be across town this week, different prices, etc. and people collect different versions. Then when (IF) they get big instant batches of materials to print/have scanned for the record company. And the original will later be worth quite a bit to uber-fans of the band.
I can't believe how often you are carving towards your fingers!
This is really cool. I just started playing with linocut and I found this video really interesting and helpful. And the final artwork is beautiful!
THIS IS STUNNING.....YOU PRINTMAKERS ARE TOTALLY AMAZING :)
The print is beyond excellent, congratulations! The video Rocks, I wish can do videos like yours. Thanks I learn a lot!
You are the best . Please do more videos!
This is the second or third time I've watched this video - mad respect!
Lovely work and very generous of you to share your techniques.
Your first video? Very impressive. And love the print! Thanks!
Wow that's a brilliant linocut and a really good and clear video on how to do multi-colour/layer - thanks
i have an idea, try cleaning the dots and cover them with paper so you can cover just the subject with paint
good job tian gan, your work is inspiring
Excellent narration, and a sensational print. Thank you for sharing your work. I learned something new. Well done Tian Gan.
Excellent first video. Interesting print. Looking forward to seeing more.Thanks for sharing
Superb work. I shall be keeping an eye on you and probably stealing all your good ideas. Keep it up. Mx
That was straight up awesome. Excellent work.
woodworking die grinder tools are probably best for lino, but ymmv. i would probably choose some kind of sanding disc, not a hard grinding disc for stone and metal.
Fantastic print! love the design. the gradient dots are a cool touch.
Thank you 🙏
This is so good, I love it! Could watch videos like this the whole day :D
Fantastic Tian - a lovely lino print. Keep it up. Cheers Paul.
Amazing. Go, Tian! Fantastic work and video :)
I love this! Absolutely beautiful print!
Both the work (prints) and the video were excellent.
This was such a delightful and informative video! Thanks for sharing!
I love your work!! Thank you!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Great print and video..many thanks
Gorgeous, awesome work. Carving out those half tones circles were DEDICATION
This was so cool! You could try using a wood plane or a shoulder plane to trim the dots. I haven't done it myself, but I think it would work.
Thanks for posting this!
I am also starting a printmaking and art channel like yours, very best of luck to you!! 👍 Your work is really very neat xx
Wow! I love your design and process!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SO MUCH
first good one i have seen yet.good stuff that 3 color print version
gorgeous work
awesome stuff! from the way it was made i couldn't tell it was your first video ! :D keep going thumbs up !!!!
A beautiful linocut and great video editing!
killer breakdown of the process! thanks!
This was awesome, nice work on the video! ive been doing series of blocks in different stages but haven't made an attempt to layer them. I also love birds.
Good grief, how intricate was that caving?! One slip and you’d have sliced off a circle and ruined the pattern. Definitely NOT an advisable amount of detail for beginners such as me 😜 Beautifully done and thank you for the time, tips and expertise 😊
simply DEVINE
A fantastic print and very professional video.
Magnificent 👍🏻
amazing and inspiring, nice tip on the power tool :) the print is great
Wow great work
fantastic work and a great example
Came out beautiful!
Brilliant design!
But since you put so much effort into it, wouldn't it have been advisable to use different plates for each color so that you can reproduce? One mistake in the printing process and everything is lost!
I'm also wondering whether the Dremel is helpful. You just use it to get rid of the background, is it possible to use it to actually carve lines?
Really great print!
太帅了啊!!!背景音乐也很搭!!!讲解就不说了。我觉得我的梦要成真了。
谢谢！！！继续努力~
Great style and super work. Could you tell me the name of the lino block you used. Many thanks.
Fanta artwork and instructions...keep using that Drexel tool, it’s a great idea for fast removal.
so inspiring!
"Death star the beginning" made my day! LOL Thank you for an awesome video! You're very talented :)
Insane carving! I guessing you are not using just regular materials from the hobby store? Great work.
I loved this video and your personality!
Great print , loved the video, please make more videos
I really enjoyed your first video. Well done
i need more videos please :) you are amazing!
Awesome.
Fantastic work...really enjoyed the whole process
Amazing print! This video has me missing printmaking class. :-)
thank you for sharing, amazing art work
Excellent
maybe instead of a dremel you could use a straight gouge with a #3 sweep, lovely work!!
How do you get the little registration holes on the individual papers to be in the same spot?
Awesome process
The bird in the photo actually looks like a Parrot Crossbill, which looks very similar to Red Crossbills but have much thicker bills. Very cool either way, perhaps it's just a subspecies I'm unfamiliar with. The American types have much slimmer bills.
Very nice ! Did you say what the lino materai was?
OMG STUNNING ! love it! I screamed when you cut the dots, you can put a paper in that zone you dont want to print I think
Wow...awesome work!
Brilliant 👏👏👏💕
Amazing job! Waw!
It’s so hard to match the registration while on etching press and believe me I have never done it right .. the way you did that it’s pro.. keep it up 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I know this is an old post, but I thought I would suggest you look this up on Google: "PRINTMAKING REGISTRATION SYSTEM by Maurice Fykes III". This is a really effective system that I have used with my students to get pin-point registration for reductive prints using an etching press.
thanks
Cool!