LITTLE BIRDS Exquisite Tessellation Prints

HOLLAND HARDIE made four good LITTLE BIRDS Exquisite Tessellation prints on Mexican Amate paper --at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque on January 31, 2025:

Animation of the four good

LITTLE BIRD Exquisite Tessellation Prints

on different colors of Mexican amate paper

ARTISTS:

• Holland Hardie
• Marian Berg
• Julie Sola
• Nicholas Tesluk
• David Brower
• Ellie Weadock
• Jessi Cross
• Virgil Velasco

HOLLAND HARDIE gave a Tiny Bird print workshop at Remarque on January 18, 2025.  That is when she suggested making -- a LITTLE BIRD Exquisite Tessellation print -- after noticing that we were printing a few bird tessellation tiles the previous week during the Remarque Open House.

Holland adjusting the pressure

on the printing press

Holland Hardie 

carved this little bird tessellation linocut

She printed with Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Burnt Umber relief ink:

Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash

 Burnt Umber relief ink

We have 8 bird Exquisite Tessellation linocuts in Albuquerque, which all printed on one sheet of paper:

8 bird Exquisite Tessellation linocuts 

FIRST PRINT

The first good print was on purple Mexican amate paper, after a test print faded on one side:

The pressure was uneven, tighter on one side than the other, so one side of the print faded.  However this could be a nice effect:

Test print 

fading on one side

Trying again

SECOND PRINT

The second print was on pink Mexican amate paper:

THIRD PRINT

The third print was on orange Mexican amate paper:

FOURTH PRINT

The fourth and last print was on yellow Mexican amate paper:

The Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Burnt Umber relief ink was easy to clean from the linocuts with baby wipes:

Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash

relief inks at Remarque

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MARIAN BERG made EXQUISITE TESSELLATION collaborative art with drawings on paper pieces, by the kids in the hospital:

The multi-colored individual tiles look great.  

• We need to individually color the linocut tiles using the Mokuhanga technique