ANN LEWIS RCA

Linocut Printmaker

ann@annlewis.co.uk

07772 653487

Linocuts

I produce between 6 and 10 limited editions every year, depending on the size of the image itself and the number of prints in the edition. Sometimes they're stand-alone images, sometimes part of a series. The majority of my editions are very small, numbering between 10 and 20 individual prints. Each one is printed by hand using a barren or a nipping press.

This page is a 'jump off point' to seven individual pages where you'll find my Seasons linocuts, Waterfalls, Mountains, Coast, Fur and Feather, Botanicals and Decorative images and a newly created page of Early Work. I imagine it like a gallery foyer with doors to all the different rooms of work. These pages can also be reached from the main site navigation above the banner image..

My linoucts are for the most part produced using the reduction method. This is a multi-layered process that has all its layers/colours cut and printed from one block of lino.

Describing the reduction process in words can be at best confusing but images illustrate the method with much greater clarity.

Mistakes (although I always hope there aren't going to be any!) cannot be rectified at a later stage, as there is no going back to an earlier cut of the block.

The block is essentially destroyed during the process, so unlike a linocut printed from multiple blocks (one block for each colour), a reduction print can never be reprinted.