I’ve successfully printed my first multi-block relief print!! I’ve been “block printing” (if that’s what you’d call screwing around with a gauge and some easy-cut rubber) since I was four years old, but the only multi-color technique I’ve ever used was doing reduction prints. Reductions prints are where you do one session of carving, print the lightest color of the print on all the papers, then do another session of carving on the same block, and print a darker color on top of the already printed papers, and so-on until you’ve printed all the colors you want. The Japanese used numerous blocks for each color, so I finally tested myself with the Queen and 2 colors– red & black. I’m pretty happy with the turn-out, although I wish I’d done 3 blocks, one pink, so the flamingo didn’t look like a buzzard. That’s still possible though.
I’m now working on the concept for my next project… reading about Lewis Carrol & such. He was a weirdo.
