Posted 5 years ago
Belltown
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This is a 6-color linoleum block print by AJ Masthay for a recent show by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon. Edition size for posters that were distributed at the show was 120, but this is from the artist's run of 50 (the posters were all printed at the same time, so the difference is only in the numbers at bottom-left). Dimensions are 18 x 24 inches, with a deckled edge at the bottom.
Masthay prints on a Vandercook Universal III letterpress. His prints are known as Reduction Prints, or Suicide Prints, which get their name from the fact that the artist must destroy the print block as subsequent colors, usually darker ones, are printed. Cut and paste this link and then click on the first video to see the process. It's fascinating!
https://www.masthaystudios.com/process
