Detail from "Rose Hips."
Detail from "Calligraphic Grasses"
Each one of these large inked impressions came from its own incredibly complex woodblock. The reduction process produces all the colors, all the individual shapes and subtle nuances from a single block. It is an elaborate scheme of design on the part of the print maker. This is rocket science. This would blow your mind if you attempted to do it yourself.
Fortunately all I had to do was look and enjoy what I saw.
The outings put together by the Kansas City Print Society are friendly and engaging.
You can reach KCPS on their Facebook page CLICK HERE.
Fortunately all I had to do was look and enjoy what I saw.
The outings put together by the Kansas City Print Society are friendly and engaging.
You can reach KCPS on their Facebook page CLICK HERE.
"Tapestry," 20 x 30 inches, reduction woodcut, Colorado-artist Jen Gumpper. Double click to enlarge image.
Six minute walk through the "Between Water and Land" exhibit. Click on video.
"Shifting Currents," reduction woodcut and pochoir, 2016
The road trip to exhibit took place Saturday, July 14, 2018
Kansas City Print Society (KCPS) members in attendance: Tim Reimer, Wichita, KS; Karl Marxhausen, Carrollton, MO; Roxie and David McGee, Lawrence, KS; John Mallery, Overland Park, KS; Brucie Hopkins, Kansas City, MO.
Video and post by Karl Marxhausen.
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