Great Crested Grebe Linocut

Description

It's difficult to believe that such a glamorous bird would be common, but in some place in Europe the great crested grebe is almost as common as our mallard. I've spent many happy hours sketching these critters on visits to Holland.

This multi-color image is printed by hand using the reduction method. In a reduction print, the artist first carves from the block the areas to be left the color of the print paper. The first color (let's say yellow) is printed, the block is cleaned off, and the artist carves away the areas to remain yellow.

The next color is printed directly over the previous... and so on until the print is finished. The edition number refers to the number of identical prints created from the same plate. For example, 1/4 means that the print is the first of four impressions of that particular image. Because I pull all my prints by hand, I always keep my editions very small, usually 15 images or fewer.

"Great Crested Grebe" is approximately 6"x6" (image size), printed in an edition of 14 on Japanese Hosho paper. Price is for print only, no mat or frame. Print ships on support board in protective sleeve.

Added on Dec 17, 2009