Relief print final outcome Vinyl

Following the first time I made a relief print (shown on my post: relief print of vinyl design) a lot of stylistic choices have been made since then and my work has moved forward- visually.

The lino plate I cut into

As my final outcome I've cut a lino design using the conventions I set out in my key and applied it to this design. I've layed it out differently from the first time I done it. On my first relief I had split up the tracks into quarters which separated the songs from one another. This time, I have drawn it like one continuous stream of consciousness that is linked to each other, changing and adapting shape and size to the music.

I feel I have gotten better at the craft of cutting lino. In my first piece, I cut the surface really deep so I've tried to be more subtle this time so that the line is less thick and dense.

This as printed on Simili Japon 130gsm. The slightly cream looking paper (not as noticeable in the photograph) as a little bit of warmth to the solid black and white contrast of the ink.

This has also been the first time since I had cut font into lino so I've realised that I should have done the letters back to front so that it will print facing the right way up after I've put it through the press.