On April 16, 2025, Ethan laser cut large 20 inch wide "hat" tessellation linocuts for us:
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We probably need to tape all the big linocuts down with Woodworkers Double Sided Tape before running the steamroller over them:
HOLLAND HARDIE will carve the big linocut we gave to Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque:
ADAM BERMAN of the Printmaking Department of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque accepted a big tessellation tile:
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MANUEL GUERRA of HORNED TOAD PRINTS of El Paso accepted two big "hat" tessellation tiles:
JULIE SOLA of FAT CROW PRESS in Las Vegas, New Mexico, accepted a big "hat" tessellation tile:
SARAH HART of Taos, New Mexico accepted a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve:
JOE MARSHALL of Tucson accepted two big "hat" linocuts, and had already carved one by the end of June:
CHRIS BARDEY posted on Instagram about the big tessellation tile we sent him:
UPDATE (October 3, 2025): One week from the SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2025
We bought three big sheets of 36x36 inch linoleum from Dick Blick:
from a linoleum 35x 35 inches square--
20_inch_hats.LBRN2 (18.22 KB)
We plan to piece together four large "hat" linocuts to make a larger print on 40 x 40 inch paper. We might also carve the 6 drops, and piece them together to make full square steamroller print. These puzzle pieces can be put together to print several variations.
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The large "hat" linocuts
are the mirrored image of the small linocuts
we have been printing previously
ARTISTS
We have given out 11 big TESSELLATION linocuts to carve, to 9 artists in the Southwest -- reminiscent of the theme of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta:
ALBUQUERQUE
HENRY MORALES, ELLIE WEADOCK, VIRGIL VELASCO -- we gave out three big tessellation linocuts in Albuquerque to each of the BIG INK team:
Jessica Krichels accepts a big linocut
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ADAM BERMAN at the UNM Printmaking Department
accepts a big linocut
EL PASO
MANUEL GUERRA of El Paso
accepted two big "hat" linocuts
LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO
JULIE SOLA of Las Vegas, New Mexico
accepts a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve
TAOS, NEW MEXICO
SARAH HART of Taos, New Mexico
accepts a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve
TUCSON
The big linocut and the print
that JOE MARSHALL made for the Steamroller Press
LAS CRUCES
Adam Berman at the University of New Mexico in September,
after he laser cuts a big 20 inch "hat" tessellation linoleum
The Rabbit laser cutter at UNM
Ellie Weadock proofed her big 20 inch linocut
at the end of September 2025
UPDATE (October 7, 2025): Henry Morales' large tessellation linocut:
Henry Morales carved this 20 inch wide "hat" tessellation tile
Henry's tessellation linocut proofed
I picked up Henry's linocut
during his drawing session on October 7th
I also picked up Virgil Velasco's linocut
during his drawing session on October 7th
Virgil Velasco's large tessellation linocut
LASER CUTTING
Three big sheets of 36x36 inch linoleum
from Dick Blick
Ethan then laser cut the linoleum on April 16, 2025 -- into large "hat" shapes, 20 inches across at the widest:
The LIGHTBURN file for laser cutting four large 20" hat shapes from a 35x35 inch piece of linoleum:
And a big Thank You to Brian too, for designing the tessellation pattern than we used to laser cut.
Last year they also printed a second day with the Steamroller -- Sunday, October 13, 2024 -- at the Southwest Print Fiesta 2024
20 INCHES at the Widest
12 large "hat" linoleum shapes
and the drops
- 20_inch_hats.LBRN2 (18.22 KB)
I cut off a half inch to make 35.5x36 inch sheets of linoleum
so that they would fit in Ethan's laser cutter
70% power, 15 mm/sec speed
We laser cut each 35x36 inch piece of linoleum
into four "hat" shapes
in about ten minutes
Video of the laser cutting
Four 20 inch wide "hats"
out of a 35x35 inch square of linoleum
Thank you Ethan!!!!
And a big Thank You to Brian too, for designing the tessellation pattern than we used to laser cut.
STEAMROLLER PRINTING
2024
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