Progress?
28.5 x 24 cm
Wood engraving
Progress? is a two-colour reduction wood engraving. I cut away the sky and printed the pale grey background of the walls, concrete pillar and scaffolding poles. Next, I cut the detail and printed in black over the grey background. With a reduction print, you are working on the same block, so you cannot go back and change earlier layers.
These prints are original wood engravings. I engrave on boxwood or lemon wood blocks using traditional hand tools. Then I ink up the block and print the edition one at a time. Each print is an original artist print.
No. of prints in edition: 20
This print is made using Lawrence Original Linseed Oil Relief Ink. The formulas used to create these inks have been in use for hundreds of years and are “free from animal-based or derived ingredients, made with linseed oil, not honey or gelatine”. The paper is archival and acid free.
Each print is signed, dated and editioned in pencil below the image.