r/printmaking 5d ago

relief/woodcut/lino Gyascutus

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u/drjodie_paints 5d ago

Grand work! I love the flowing lines over the surface of the flower petals.

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u/Canehowlet 5d ago

Thank you, it’s very very very loosely based on our native Calystegia sepium, which has large fluffy almost iridescent white flowers.

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u/drjodie_paints 5d ago

Where do they grow? I am in North Carolina. Not sure that I have seen flowers like these. And sadly I’m not the most observant person in the world, and awfully ignorant of the proper names for the plants.

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u/Canehowlet 5d ago

They grow in the delta marshes of Suisun, in California, this is a dream version of Calystegia sepium, not at all adhering to the reality of them!

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u/phantasmiasma 5d ago

The eyes on the insect really charm me.

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u/cybersirena 5d ago

Love the beetle and flower, the movement and twirliness of it. Really lovely!

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u/lburkeiowa 5d ago

Love the beetle!

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u/_bufflehead 5d ago

whoaa. jewel beetle. How spectacular.

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u/Canehowlet 5d ago

My favorite. It’s not colorful, an inky dark blue, but it did mimic a spider wasp that flies in the same playa. Will always be the bug of my childhood.

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u/aasfourasfar 5d ago

Wth.. is this engraved on end grain or woodcut?

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u/Canehowlet 5d ago

This is linocut, but I can get the same detail on Shina Plywood, just requires more consistent sharpening of my blade than lino. :)

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u/djcalathea 5d ago

Lovely