Artwork description:

Civita di Bagnoregio is a hill top town in Umbria. Built on volcanic ash it is slowly crumbling away. You can only reach it by walking across the footpath bridge, no cars are allowed.
It is known as the 'dying city' and is known as one of the most beautiful villages of Italy. So, when you see the breathtaking view before making your crossing, you are immediately reminded of fairytales and books from your childhood. It is place of princesses, ogres and spells.

I was inspired to create a version of this stunning view, hopefully capturing the fairytale quality.

A reduction linocut is a totally hand made print. No machines are used. Only one piece of Lino is used throughout the process and so no prints can be reproduced.

I draw the image I want to create on the Lino, in reverse. Using carving tools I take away all the lightest parts which will be the colour of the paper, I then ink up the Lino with a colour and press this onto some thick printing paper. Anything I want to be that colour I carve away and ink up the next colour and so the process goes until the image appears.

This print went through this process around 15 times, to achieve the final image. I used oil based Calico artist inks and the paper is Italian Fabriano Rosapina.

The printed area is approximately 30.5cm by 40.5 and the paper size is approximately 34.5 by 46.5 cm.

Please note, outside the U.K. and USA local customs/duty charges may be incurred. These are the responsibility of the customer and outside my control.

Materials used:

lino, inks, rollers, press, paper, cutting tools

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