Wednesday 28 March 2018

STEP BY STEP (MAKING A WOODCUT PRINT): 'Steve Biko' 2015, 29.9cm x 48.5cm ed. 12x on 105gsm Hahnemuhhle

A graphic woodcut interpretation of photographs by Fraser MacLean (main portrait)
and (lower panel) student riots by Peter Magubane
Reference:

File:Steve Biko Portrait saho.jpg - Wikimedia Commons


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Biko_Portrait_saho.jpg


Step 1:  Ink drawing on woodblock

 Step 2:  Image cut
Step 3:  Lower panel cut



 Step 4:  Printed images

 Step 5:  Edition printed by hand using a burnishing technique
Step 6:  Red lines symbolizing innocent lives lost during conflict, was filled-in by hand





Step 6:  Final printed image


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