Take a break and watch some chill linocut TV
March 16, 2020 7:43 AM Subscribe
Maarit Hänninen is a Finnish artist who makes linocut work, and sometimes creates short montage videos documenting the process:
- Tomorrow, Tomorrow
- Nymph
- Eden
- Tomorrow, Tomorrow
- Nymph
- Eden
Beautiful process videos.
One thing I'm surprised by is her relatively labour intensive image transfer process. With lino, you can print something out on a laser printer, coat the lino surface with acrylic medium, and glue the image face down onto the lino. When dry, wetting the back allows one to rub the paper off, leaving the laser printed image in reverse on a thin surface of acrylic, which is easily cut through (I believe the red colour in the first one is acrylic paint, and the point of that is to easily see what's carved and not).
As someone who's been doing linocuts recently, I'll testify that it's immensely relaxing, simultaneously physical and attention demanding, but full of ASMR-like feedback from the lino and very easy to get into the zone with.
posted by fatbird at 8:17 AM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
One thing I'm surprised by is her relatively labour intensive image transfer process. With lino, you can print something out on a laser printer, coat the lino surface with acrylic medium, and glue the image face down onto the lino. When dry, wetting the back allows one to rub the paper off, leaving the laser printed image in reverse on a thin surface of acrylic, which is easily cut through (I believe the red colour in the first one is acrylic paint, and the point of that is to easily see what's carved and not).
As someone who's been doing linocuts recently, I'll testify that it's immensely relaxing, simultaneously physical and attention demanding, but full of ASMR-like feedback from the lino and very easy to get into the zone with.
posted by fatbird at 8:17 AM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
A recent crossword had the clue “Monochrome art style,” seven letters, and thanks to cortex I entered LINOCUT. It turned out the correct answer was LINE ART, which was just close enough to be really confusing for a while.
posted by mbrubeck at 8:39 AM on March 16, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by mbrubeck at 8:39 AM on March 16, 2020 [2 favorites]
Many years ago, I made some of these. It is a very meditative process. You start with an image, but then concentrate for a long, long time on everything that is NOT that image. The linoleum is fun to gouge, too. It's hard but yielding and smooth and even. It even has a soothing smell! These videos are great. Thanks.
posted by SoberHighland at 9:45 AM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by SoberHighland at 9:45 AM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
I've been doing a bunch of carving as well.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:19 AM on March 16, 2020 [10 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:19 AM on March 16, 2020 [10 favorites]
Omg, so cool... I follow her on Instagram! She makes beautiful work. I am a printmaker too, working primarily with rubber blocks. I posted a 9 minute video of real time carving today. Here! Honestly the endless news scrolling is crazy-making, so meditative carving and printing REALLY helps.
posted by sucre at 12:51 PM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by sucre at 12:51 PM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
I'm a moderator on r/printmaking and that second video is what I use to explain registration jigs and key-block transfers to people looking to start multi-color relief prints.
posted by tychotesla at 1:02 PM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by tychotesla at 1:02 PM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
Nice stuff Robocop!
posted by InkaLomax at 6:41 PM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by InkaLomax at 6:41 PM on March 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
I love the lino process; carving is so relaxing and enjoyable. Oil-based ink, on the other hand, is the devil and I never want anything to do with it again. I truly envy those with the patience and fortitude to deal with it.
posted by god hates math at 7:41 PM on March 16, 2020
posted by god hates math at 7:41 PM on March 16, 2020
This reminds me a lot of David Bull's work in woodblock carving - he has a delightful YouTube channel where he goes over the process and often streams his woodblock carving on Twitch as well.
posted by kejadlen at 7:48 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by kejadlen at 7:48 AM on March 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
I've been doing a bunch of carving as well.
Definitely take a look at robocop is bleeding's stuff there if you haven't seen it already; it's fantastic and I've said this elsewhere but seeing him doing carving stuff is the main thing that pushed me over to trying to finally tackle linocut seriously myself lately.
He also carved the Seal of the Cabal!
This reminds me a lot of David Bull's work in woodblock carving
Yes! And he's MeFi's own woodblock100, to boot! I just watched a couple hours of him cutting and printing something from a stream a couple years back.
posted by cortex at 9:52 AM on March 17, 2020
Definitely take a look at robocop is bleeding's stuff there if you haven't seen it already; it's fantastic and I've said this elsewhere but seeing him doing carving stuff is the main thing that pushed me over to trying to finally tackle linocut seriously myself lately.
He also carved the Seal of the Cabal!
This reminds me a lot of David Bull's work in woodblock carving
Yes! And he's MeFi's own woodblock100, to boot! I just watched a couple hours of him cutting and printing something from a stream a couple years back.
posted by cortex at 9:52 AM on March 17, 2020
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