A Big ol’ Linocut
- Oct 27, 2014
- By stlukesattic
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I started work on a new linocut. It’s another chicken and this time it’s a cream legbar hen. They’re funny looking birds with bouffant hairdos. At 12″ square this will be my largest linocut to date*.
Day 1: At this point I have about an hour and a half in this drawing. |
Day 2: Here I have about another two and a half hours in the drawing. Give or take. |
Day 3: I’ve really lost track, but I probably have another three and a half to four hours in the drawing. |
Day 4: Aaannnnndddd finished. |
And that’s it. It took maybe nine or ten hours to draw this chicken among the ferns. Many people can draw faster than me, I’m sure. But from here, I have many hours of being hunched over the block to look forward to! I actually do look forward to it. It’s cliche, I know, but it is contemplative to spend such a long time at such a simple task. If I refrain from listening to music (which I don’t always do) I have nothing to do but think as I work.
I don’t know how long it will take to cut this block, but I’ll get another post ready to go as soon as the proofs are ready to show.
*I have worked on one other linocut this size with my friend, Ned Bustard, but it was a half and half type deal.