{"id":340,"date":"2015-01-16T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk:\/studiodiary\/?p=340"},"modified":"2018-01-22T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T15:34:00","slug":"chop-and-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"Chop and Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m often asked about my sketches and how I turn my ideas into a finished print. I always feel a bit awkward about this (it\u2019s uncomfortably close to the \u2018what music do you like?\u2019 question which I dreaded as a teenage devotee of voice radio). For me, it\u2019s a vague process at best; leaping from a few pencil lines to the full size template drawing for the block with nothing in between. Like most worriers, I suspect there is a party going on in the next room where artists in the know have exquisitely pleasing sketch books with annotations, fold out bits and delightful little objet trouve. Somehow my works on crime novel and thriller fly page seem sketchy beyond the point of sketchy, but they work for me and will make for an uber-cool retrospective if they haven\u2019t gone off to Oxfam for re-reading.<\/p>\n

The drawing and planning comes with the print sized template drawing. These days all my drawing is done in outline with no colour. I only shade for planning purposes, not visual effect.<\/p>\n

\"full<\/a>
full size template drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The upshot is more blueprint than charm and I simply draw, erase, draw until I am happy. I tend not to make more than one drawing, unless I am trashing it for a new start, as multiple efforts quickly lose their life and freshness. Since I arrive at my shapes by scribbling and then refining, the result is \u2018architect meets infant scholar\u2019. Neat drawing, but the paper a lumpy mess of rub outs and corrections.<\/p>\n

I do proof my woodblocks. Below you can see the proof for \u2018Chiltern Seasons: Winter\u2019 and play the spot the difference game with the final finished print.<\/p>\n

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proof print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See how many blocks I\u2019ve cut and then discarded. Less is often more and I discard blocks and simplify the print far more often than I cut extra ones. The colours too are very different as you can see, though I never make rigid colour plans for either proof or edition, I just see the proof problems and address them as I go along. Proofing is also a chance to see if the blocks line up correctly and, if they don\u2019t, it\u2019s best to get the crying done over the cheap paper.<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/a>
Finished Print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The journey from idea to print is different for every printmaker and I\u2019m sure that there isn\u2019t actually a rule book demanding a set route for the journey or means of travel. So I choose the Star Trek transporter method of arrival at finished work. Beam those prints up Scotty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How sketches turn into prints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,57],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-touch-printmaking-lino-cut-woodblock-art","tag-woodres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}