WHAT IS AN ORIGINAL PRINT?

 

Here’s an early monoprint of mine, the image  a harvest field in France.

 Created with ink on a plate  then transferred to dampened paper through the press 

What is an ‘original’ print  it sounds like a contradiction in terms 

 How can a print – a multiple image, be original?

A plate made by the printmaker is inked and printed on a hand operated press

  like mine in the pictures above and  below

 then the edition is numbered and signed by the printmaker – so each print is made individually and is not the reproduction of an original.

 

 

  I’ve been working on a large linocut of Malcesine for a US exhibition 

 

       a lot of cutting involved but I’m making progress

 

                                                       

It didn’t get selected for the exhibition but I’m still pleased with it!

 

 

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You can hear me talk about how I make prints in this interview

Interview with Di Oliver 

by Mike Dickins    http://mikedickins.co.uk/

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And here are some I made earlier . . . . . .

 ‘High wind Lake  Garda’ 

Strong winds blow every day on Lake Garda, the Vento  in the morning and the Ora in the afternoon.

 

A linocut of a lighthouse ….

                                                                                   I titled it ‘They only shine’ and sent it to last year’s 20:20 Print Exchange

 

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Some photos from my archive

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting up at the

Contemporary Print Fair

Curve Gallery Barbican

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‘Piece of cake!’

Now installed in it’s new owner’s office in Bloomsbury

 

          Here’s how I made my entry for a 20:20 Print Exchange

First I settled on a drawing from my sketchbook….

Here’s a finished print …