Apologies for the image quality, but I wanted to post about this process and I had no better photos. As you can see, this is a woodcut being printed. The image is of a Tasmanian devil pelt (which I collaged together using a photo I had taken of a quoll pelt and some images of Tasmanian devils found on the internet). It is printed on silk and the piece is intended to be cut out into the shape of a pelt after the print has dried.
I like the translucency of the print on silk and the smooth feel, even though I’m sure it is nothing like skinning a real animal. I really enjoy peeling the silk off a block and seeing the image mirror itself until it is released from the plate. It’s something that doesn’t happen so much with prints on paper, as the paper tends to be lifted off in before being revealed, especially if it’s a nice heavy cotton rag printmaking paper.
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