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Part 5 Gallery

Posted on January 12, 2015 by SteveCussons

   

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Project 15 – Four Combination and Experimental Prints

Posted on January 9, 2015 by SteveCussons

For the final project in the course, I had a number of ambitions: to continue to look at the subject of iron smelting and casting to use my own created chine colle papers to combine monoprinting with carborundum printing, inspired … Continue reading →

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Japanese Printmaking Course

Posted on October 28, 2014 by SteveCussons

I have spent an exhausting but rewarding couple of days learning traditional Japanese printmaking with Laura Boswell hosted by the RHS at Wisley. Laura started the course with an extremely interesting introduction to the history of Japanese woodblock printing explaining … Continue reading →

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Woodcut Mark Making – Unfinished Business

Posted on August 6, 2014 by SteveCussons

I wanted to return to wood cut following my experiments in waterbased Japanese style woodcut,  to try more expressive marks and use oil based inks. I returned to a design I developed for a linocut, but didn’t print because I … Continue reading →

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Part 3 Gallery

Posted on May 10, 2014 by SteveCussons

This gallery contains 21 photos.

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Project 10 – Experimental Relief Cuts

Posted on May 10, 2014 by SteveCussons

My objective in this project was to build on the experimental marks from Project 9 to create an abstract or semi-abstract design for a print. I played around in my sketchbook with marks to see what they suggested. I particularly … Continue reading →

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Research Point – Experimental Methods in Relief Mark Making

Posted on May 7, 2014 by SteveCussons

For this research point on experimental methods, I have confined my research to relief printing in order to be manageable and relevant to my current work. I can find very exciting works in areas such as collagraph combined with etching, … Continue reading →

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London Original Print Fair

Posted on April 24, 2014 by SteveCussons

As part of my research into mark making, I went to the LOPF at the RA, hoping to see some inspiring work. There was lots of work by famous printmakers; Ravillious, Bawden, Piper, Hockney, Picasso etc, so the visit was … Continue reading →

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Project 10 – Experimental Relief Prints – Woodcut

Posted on April 8, 2014 by SteveCussons

This project gave me a chance to further explore Japanese Woodblock. To this purpose, I have bought: set of Japanese tools more faced ply from Intaglio a pad of Hosho from Intaglio a wide, high quality decorators brush. To learn … Continue reading →

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Project 7 – Multiplate Print – Experiment in Woodcut

Posted on February 18, 2014 by SteveCussons

Inspired by visiting the Klee exhibition at Tate Modern, and by the work of Paul Furneaux (http://www.paulfurneaux.com/) thought I would have a go at a simple woodcut printed using waterbased inks in the traditional manner of moku hanga. I based … Continue reading →

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