John Steins Printmaking Journal

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Linocut chopped up into four pieces

Here’s another linocut from my archives that I made in the 1980’s employing a technique used by Edvard Munch. It’s the “jigsaw” method, meaning that you cut apart the elements of the lino block that you want inked separately. Then they are carefully assembled on the bed of the press and printed all at once. In this case... [Read more...]

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Knotty Dog

A Favorite Linocut I’ve unearthed this old linocut of mine from one of my print drawers. It holds a special place for me because I sent it to my mom way back when, to offer up as a donation for one of several raffle prizes at a “church lady” fund raiser event. The punchline is that the winner of this linocut – which I happen... [Read more...]

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Inaugural Linocut

Here’s my effort as an homage to the new American President. I went for the naive folk art look in my approach to this lino-cut. Not to suggest that Obama is naive or uncomplicated, of course the opposite is true. This print is also a tip of the hat to the rich heritage found African American vernacular art. Click on Barack Obama Linocut for... [Read more...]

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Pinhole Polaroids

I found this Polaroid pinhole camera on the web this past summer after digging around looking for SX70 film. Looks like film for Polaroid is going the way of the Dodo bird, a shame since there seems to be a re-kindled interest among photographers in this medium. I was pretty excited to get this from a place in Germany that scours the world for warehoused... [Read more...]

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Sucked Into the Green

Bob knew the Yukon like the back of his hand, he could hike over a mountain range at the drop of a hat the way most of us trek over to the local convenience store for a bag of chips. One day he disappeared for weeks without a trace. We all got worried about this prolonged absence despite our faith in his abilities as a great outdoors-man and naturalist.... [Read more...]

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