Lexy Woods inking up her linoleum
Next time you’re in the library, look up! On the front of the balcony are some beautiful Relief Linocuts, created by students in Art 281: Beginning Printmaking, Relief and Intaglio, taught by Professor Janet Marcavage.
What is your daily script? What routines or rituals do you follow?
Students in Art 281 were asked to respond to these questions and develop a relief linocut. Students brainstormed by making lists, followed by rough sketches. They then made printed studies of Master prints in order to practice possibilities for mark-making and figure/ground relationships. Students then developed a to-scale drawing of their subject, followed by translation into a relief print.
In relief prints, material is carved away from a block. The areas left remaining get inked and are transferred onto paper either by hand-printing or press printing. The process gets repeated allowing for many impressions.
Prints by:
Makaylaa Clancy
Kathryn Endler
Landon Gauthier
Tess Krimmer
Abby Osborne
Maddie Peckenpaugh
Maia Raeder
Bella Wong
Lexy Woods
Gaby Yoque